(いえな)

いえなみ
noun
row of houses, streetscape
1. row of houses, streetscape
A line of houses along a street, viewed as a collective sight. Often used to describe the character or atmosphere of a neighborhood or historical district.
(ふる)家並(いえな)みが(のこ)っている。
Old rows of houses remain.
城下町(じょうかまち)(うつく)しい家並(いえな)みを散歩(さんぽ)した。
I took a walk through the beautiful streetscape of the castle town.
江戸時代(えどじだい)家並(いえな)みが保存(ほぞん)されたこの地区(ちく)は、観光客(かんこうきゃく)人気(にんき)がある。
This district, where the Edo-period streetscape has been preserved, is popular with tourists.

USAGE:
Often used in descriptions of traditional or historical neighborhoods where rows of houses create a distinctive scene. Common in travel writing and descriptions of preserved historical districts (伝統的建造物群保存地区(でんとうてきけんぞうぶつぐんほぞんちく)). Also written as 家並(やな)み in some contexts.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • (ふる)家並(いえな)み: old row of houses
  • (うつく)しい家並(いえな)み: beautiful streetscape
  • 家並(いえな)みが(つづ)く: rows of houses stretch on
  • 家並(いえな)みを保存(ほぞん)する: to preserve the streetscape