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  2. 家

いえ

家

N5

house

ie

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Frequency
#208

Meanings

  1. 1
    house; residence; dwellingnoun
  2. 2
    family; householdnoun
  3. 3
    lineage; family namenoun

JMdict 1191730

In a sentence

家(いえ)homeにいるthere is

I'm at home

How it works

に (at) here marks a location, not a direction — 家(いえ) (home) is where someone is. The verb いる (be, exist) is for living things (objects use ある (exist, things)), and the plain いる (be) keeps the whole line casual.

Written with

  • 家house10 strokes

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