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—Adapted from Ōbunsha kogo jiten
House (ie 家): 1) A built structure in which people live; a residence. “From the ship, we could see people’s houses” (Tosa Diary, ca. 935). 2) One’s own house; my house. “We arrived at our house, and passing through the gate, it all looked so beautiful, with the moon shining brightly” (Tosa Diary). 3) Wife. “The wife of the Minister of the Left had been since long ago a person of exceptional discernment” (Tale of the Hollow Tree, late tenth century). 4) Kin; family. “Shio mountain / as I crested it / the horse I rode / faltered / how my family must long for me” (The Collection of Ten Thousand Leaves, late eighth century). 5) Family name. “My only thought—was this what would carry on my family’s name?” (Tale of the Hollow Tree). 6) Lineage; pedigree. “A lowly house” (Tale of Genji, ca. 1008). 7) Good pedigree; a noble family. “From time to time I have come across a man who, though born to a noble house, was slovenly and stupid” (Essays in Idleness, late fourteenth century). 8) A box for keeping small tools of various kinds. “While others’ talk burgeons / do you long for me / as I for you / though we are housed apart / like two sheathed swords?” (The Collection of Ten Thousand Leaves).