鉄筋(てっきん)コンクリート

てっきんこんくりーと
noun
reinforced concrete
technicalbuilding
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)は鉄筋(てっきん)コンクリート造(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)は耐震性(たいしんせい)が高(たか)い。
Reinforced concrete buildings have high earthquake resistance.
築(ちく)三十年(さんじゅうねん)の鉄筋(てっきん)コンクリートのマンションに住(す)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)コンクリートの略(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)コンクリート造(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造(ぞう) (RC construction — abbreviated form)

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