居宅(きょたく)

きょたく
noun
residence; one's home
formallegalbuildingsociety
1. residence; one's home (formal)
One's home or place of residence, in formal and administrative language. In everyday Japan it is met mainly in welfare terms, meaning care given at home.
居宅(きょたく)で療養(りょうよう)する。
To recuperate at home.
祖母(そぼ)は居宅(きょたく)介護(かいご)サービスを受(う)けている。
My grandmother receives home care services.
施設(しせつ)に入(はい)るか居宅(きょたく)で暮(く)らし続(つづ)けるか、家族(かぞく)で話(はな)し合(あ)った。
The family talked over whether she should move into a care home or keep living at home.

A formal word found in legal, welfare and real-estate documents; in conversation, 家(いえ) or 自宅(じたく) is used.

Common collocations

  • 居宅(きょたく)介護(かいご): home care (for the elderly)
  • 居宅(きょたく)サービス: in-home (care) services
  • 居宅(きょたく)介護支援専門員(かいごしえんせんもんいん): care manager (the official title)

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Related Words

Compare: 自宅(じたく) (one's own home)
Compare: 住居(じゅうきょ) (dwelling, residence)
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