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reinforced concrete
Concrete strengthened with steel bars or mesh embedded within it. The standard construction material for buildings and infrastructure in Japan.
この建物は鉄筋コンクリート造りだ。
This building is made of reinforced concrete.
鉄筋コンクリートの建物は耐震性が高い。
Reinforced concrete buildings have high earthquake resistance.
築三十年の鉄筋コンクリートのマンションに住んでいる。
I live in a thirty-year-old reinforced concrete apartment building.
USAGE:
Often abbreviated as RC (鉄筋コンクリートの略) in real estate listings and construction documents. Appears frequently in apartment and housing descriptions.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 鉄筋コンクリート造り (reinforced concrete construction)
- 鉄筋コンクリートの建物 (reinforced concrete building)
- RC造 (RC construction — abbreviated form)
RELATED WORDS:
- 鉄骨: steel frame
- 木造: wooden construction
- 耐震: earthquake-resistant