破屋

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Chinese

to break; to split; broken
to break; to split; broken; damaged; worn out
 
 house; room
simp. and trad.
(破屋) 		破 屋

Pronunciation

Noun

破屋

  1. dilapidated house; ramshackle house

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
破 屋
は
Grade: 5 		おく
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Probably ultimately from Middle Chinese 破屋 (MC phaH 'uwk, literally “broken down, worn out + house”).

First appears in the mid-1300s.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

破(は)屋(おく) • (haoku) ←はをく (fawoku)?

  1. a tumbledown, ramshackle house, especially one that has been abandoned
    Synonyms: (“abandoned house”) 廃屋 (haioku), (“abandoned house”) 廃家 (haika)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
破 屋
やぶ(れ)
Grade: 5 		や
Grade: 3
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
破れ屋 (less common)
破れ家 (less common)

Compound of 破れ (yabure, “breaking down, falling apart”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 破れる (yabureru, “to break down, to fall apart”)) +‎ 屋 (ya, “house, building”).[1][4]

First appears in the late 1100s.[1]

This reading may be falling into disuse. Not listed in some dictionaries.[2][3]

Pronunciation

Noun

破(やぶれ)屋(や) • (yabureya) 

  1. a tumbledown, squalid house
    Synonym: (“dilapidated house, shack, hut”; “home”, as a humble reference to one's own dwelling) 荒屋 (abaraya)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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