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villa; secondary residence; detached mansion
A separate residence apart from one's main home, typically in a scenic location. Often implies a high-class or historically significant property.
海の近くに別邸がある。
There is a villa near the sea.
旧財閥の別邸が観光地として公開されている。
A former zaibatsu family's villa is open to the public as a tourist attraction.
週末は軽井沢の別邸で過ごすことが多い。
I often spend weekends at my villa in Karuizawa.
別 (separate, other) + 邸 (mansion, residence). Carries a more elegant and formal nuance than 別荘. Often used for historical properties belonging to aristocrats, feudal lords, or wealthy families. In modern usage, upscale hotels and ryokan sometimes use 別邸 in their names to evoke exclusivity.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 旧別邸 — former villa
- 別邸を構える — maintain a villa
- 皇室の別邸 — imperial villa
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 別荘 — vacation house; cottage — the more common, everyday word
- 邸宅 — mansion; residence — a large, impressive home (not necessarily secondary)
- 離宮 — detached palace — specifically an imperial or royal secondary palace