Friday, September 30, 2011

What do you call traditional Japanese houses?

Question:


You know, the house with opaque walls, and 1-2 floors only...?
The one that looks like this: http://www.visitjapannow.com/the-traditional-japanese-home

Answer:


伝統的日本家屋 dentouteki Nihon-kaoku
和風建築 wafuu-kenchiku

--------------- Edit:
In modern Japanese, 民家 refers to "private houses (both traditional and modern)"
So if you want to express "traditional" Japanese houses, 民家 won't describe it.
http://eow.alc.co.jp/%e6%b0%91%e5%ae%b6/…

* Wikipedia - Japanese page - says:
現代日本語では、団地やマンションなどの集合住宅に対して、一戸建ての比較的小規模…
住宅を指して「民家」と呼ぶことがある。(English page doesn't explain this)
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