JLPT N4 · Pronoun

お宅 (otaku)

お宅 (おたく, otaku) is a Japanese pronoun meaning “your house; your home”. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: おたく
Romaji: otaku
Word class: Pronoun
Level: JLPT N4 (unofficial)

Meaning

your house; your home; your family · noun · honorific
your husband · noun · honorific
your organization · noun · honorific
you · pronoun · honorific · referring to someone of equal status with whom one is not especially close

Example sentences

お宅の暖房はどのようにしていますか。

How do you heat the house?

Tatoeba #226891

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in お宅

home, house, residenceタク · 6 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with お宅.

宅たくhouse住宅じゅうたくresidence帰宅きたくreturning home自宅じたくone's home邸宅ていたく(large) house社宅しゃたくcompany housing

Source: JMdict entry 1002400 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.