アパート
- Word
- アパート
- From
- apartment (English)
- Meaning in Japanese
- a wooden or lightweight multi-family apartment building, usually cheaper and smaller than a mansion
- Level
- N5
- Trap
Unlike English where apartment can mean any flat, in Japanese アパート specifically implies a cheaper, wooden, two-story building.
- Example
彼は古いアパートに住んでいます。 (He lives in an old apartment.)