けん

counter for buildings (esp. houses)

N3Suffix
Suffix, Counter
counter for buildings (esp. houses)
Suffix
suffix for a pen name, stage name, etc.

Example Sentences

(おか)(うえ)に1(けん)(いえ)があります。

There is a house on the hill.

庭は二軒(けん)(いえ)の共有のものです。

The garden is common to the two houses.

何軒(けん)かの別荘が洪水で孤立した。

Several cottages have been isolated by the flood water.

(かれ)の叔父は(いえ)十軒(けん)も持っている。

His uncle owns no fewer than ten houses.

(かれ)は郵便局から三軒(けん)()に住んでいる。

He lives three doors from the post office.

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