house

Japanese: house
house

…These traditions were generally strong in conservative rural societies and especially in the lives of the yangban, but with the rapid advance of urbanization and industrialization, they are undergoing major transformations today, and the independence of the household is tending to become stronger. [Ito Ajin]
【Europe】
The European words closest in meaning to the Japanese word ie are the English and German Haus (house), the Italian and Spanish casa, the French maison, and the Russian dvor. Both the English and German words Haus come from the archaic word hus, and have two meanings: a house as a building, and a group of people living in the house.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "house" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

… 以上のような伝統は,概して保守的な農村社会やとりわけ両班の生活に濃厚なものであったが,急速な都市化・産業化が進むにつれて今日では大きく変貌しつつあり,〈世帯〉の独立性は強まる傾向にある。【伊藤 亜人】
【ヨーロッパ】
 日本語の〈いえ〉にもっとも近い内容をもつヨーロッパの言葉は,英語とドイツ語のハウスhouse∥Haus,イタリア語のカーザcasaとスペイン語のカサcasa,フランス語のメゾンmaison,ロシア語のドボルdvorなどである。英語とドイツ語のハウスは,ともに古語のフスhusに由来し,建物としての家と並んで,この家屋に暮らす人々の集団という,二つの意味を兼ね備えていた。…

※「house」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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