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軒けん
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Meanings
Suffix
Counter
1. counter for buildings (esp. houses)
Suffix
2. suffix for a pen name, stage name, etc.
Kanji used
軒counter for houses
Pitch accent
けん
Used in vocabulary
意い気き軒けん昂こう
in high spirits; elated
Na-adjective
向むこう三さん軒げん
one's next three neighbors; one's next three neighbours
Noun
二に軒けん建だて
duplex (house)
Expression
向むこう三さん軒げん両りょう隣どなり
one's nearest neighbors; houses in one's immediate neighborhood; the three houses across the street and the two houses on either side of one's house
Noun
Examples26
The fire burnt ten houses down.
I inquired about the book in many stores.
He lives next door but one to us.
He lives three doors from the post office.
The garden is common to the two houses.
The two houses stand alongside of each other.