宅(たく)

たく

noun

home, residence, house

1. home, residence, house

A person's home or residence. Often used with the honorific prefix お to refer politely to someone else's home (お宅). Also used as a suffix to indicate someone's residence.

お宅(たく)はどちらですか。

Where is your home?

田中(たなか)宅(たく)に荷物(にもつ)を届(とど)ける。

To deliver a package to the Tanaka residence.

自宅(じたく)から会社(かいしゃ)まで電車(でんしゃ)で三十分(さんじゅっぷん)かかる。

It takes thirty minutes by train from home to the office.

宅(たく) is a somewhat formal word for home or residence. In everyday conversation, 家(いえ) or うち is more common.

Common collocations

お宅(たく) (your home — polite; also "otaku" when written as a pronoun)
自宅(じたく) (one's own home)
在宅(ざいたく) (being at home)
宅配(たくはい) (home delivery)
帰宅(きたく) (returning home)

Usage

As a standalone word, 宅(たく) is primarily used as a suffix after family names (田中(たなか)宅(たく)) or in compound words. お宅(たく) is the polite form used to refer to another person's home, and is also used as a second-person pronoun in polite speech.

Related Words

Compare: 邸(てい) (mansion)

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