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S3-36 What does “Mansion” mean in Japanese? A house or an apartment?

S3-36 What does “Mansion” mean in Japanese? A house or an apartment?

Update: 2024-11-21
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What katakana words confuse you? Is “Mansion” one of them? Check it out!


 


This episode's vocab list:


どんな建物 building


モデルルーム show apartment/ show flat


普通のアパート standard apartment/flat


紛らわしい misleading; confusing; ambiguous


その違いは、はっきりと決められている訳ではないそうです。I found that the distinction isn’t clearly or officially defined.


それでも一般的には、Even so, generally speaking,


木造 wooden building


軽量鉄骨造 light steel-frame building


3階建て 3-story


鉄筋コンクリート造 reinforced concrete building


鉄骨鉄筋コンクリート造 steel-frame reinforced concrete building


これは正しいとか正しくないとか、そういうものではない This is not about whether something is correct or incorrect


エレベーターがあるかないかを目安にする to use the presence or absence of an elevator as a standard


義務 obligation


自信を持つ to have confidence

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S3-36 What does “Mansion” mean in Japanese? A house or an apartment?

S3-36 What does “Mansion” mean in Japanese? A house or an apartment?

Yoko O'Brien