マンション

U+3347, ㍇
SQUARE MANSYON

[U+3346]
CJK Compatibility
[U+3348]

Japanese

マンション (manshon): high-rise condominium buildings.

Etymology

Borrowed from English mansion.[1][2] The term gained currency in the latter half of the 1950s, used to lend an air of luxury to high-density residential development projects.[3]

Note that while English mansion most commonly means “large house”, it is also occasionally used to mean “luxurious apartment”, and this latter usage was borrowed into Japanese.

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ンション [máꜜǹshòǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])[2]
  • IPA(key): [mã̠ɰ̃ɕõ̞ɴ]

Noun

マンション • (manshon) 

  1. a condominium
  2. an apartment building
  3. a large apartment; a large flat

Usage notes

Coordinate terms

Derived terms

  • (おく)ション (okushon): a high-end condominium
  • 高級(こうきゅう)マンション (kōkyūmanshon): a high-class condominium

References

  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 2010: 日本の不動産業 (Nihon no Fudōsan Gyō, “Real Estate in Japan”; in Japanese), page 10; The Real Estate Companies Association of Japan.
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