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宅

たく

house, home, residence (esp. someone else's); my husband

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Examples

  1. 先生のお宅に伺いました。

    せんせいのおたくにうかがいました。

    I visited my teacher's home.

  2. 明日、佐藤さん宅で会議があります。

    あした、さとうさんたくでかいぎがあります。

    There's a meeting at Mr Sato's house tomorrow.

  3. 宅は今出かけております。

    たくはいまでかけております。

    My husband is out at the moment.

Common patterns

お宅
your home (polite)
〜さん宅
Mr/Ms X's home
帰宅する
to return home

Memory tip

It rarely stands alone: you meet it as お宅 for someone else's home, as a suffix after a name, or in compounds like 自宅・帰宅・住宅. The 'husband' sense is old-fashioned polite speech by a wife.

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