(てっきん)コンクリート

てっきんこんくりーと
noun
reinforced concrete
1. reinforced concrete
Concrete strengthened with steel bars or mesh embedded within it. The standard construction material for buildings and infrastructure in Japan.
この建物(たてもの)鉄筋(てっきん)コンクリート(づく)りだ。
This building is made of reinforced concrete.
鉄筋(てっきん)コンクリートの建物(たてもの)耐震性(たいしんせい)(たか)い。
Reinforced concrete buildings have high earthquake resistance.
(ちく)三十年(さんじゅうねん)鉄筋(てっきん)コンクリートのマンションに()んでいる。
I live in a thirty-year-old reinforced concrete apartment building.

USAGE:
Often abbreviated as RC (鉄筋(てっきん)コンクリートの(りゃく)) in real estate listings and construction documents. Appears frequently in apartment and housing descriptions.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 鉄筋(てっきん)コンクリート(づく)り (reinforced concrete construction)
  • 鉄筋(てっきん)コンクリートの建物(たてもの) (reinforced concrete building)
  • RC(ぞう) (RC construction — abbreviated form)

RELATED WORDS:

  • 鉄骨(てっこつ): steel frame
  • 木造(もくぞう): wooden construction
  • 耐震(たいしん): earthquake-resistant