Kanji

房

房

tassel, tuft, fringe, bunch, lock (hair), segment (orange), house, room

Kanji

Grade

Grade 8

Strokes

8 strokes

Radical

戸部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

ボウ

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

ふさ

Nanori (Name Reading)

お, のぶ, ふさ

Common Readings

ボウ, ふさ

Example sentences

厨房 ちゅうぼう
シェフ が 厨房 で 忙しく 働いている 。

The chef is working busily in the kitchen.

振るう ふるう
彼女 は 厨房 で 自慢 の 腕 を 振るった 。

She showed off her cooking skills in the kitchen.

工房 こうぼう
彼 は 小さな 工房 で 家具 を 作っている 。

He is making furniture in a small workshop.

乳房 ちぶさ
哺乳類 は 乳房 から 出る 乳 で 子 を 育てる

Mammals feed their young with milk from their breasts.

吸い付く すいつく
赤ん坊 が 母親 の 乳房 に 吸い付いた

The baby clung to its mother's breast.

女房 にょうぼう
週末 は 女房 と 一緒に 買い物 に 行く 予定 だ 。

I plan to go shopping with my wife this weekend.

房 ふさ
スーパー で ブドウ を 一 房 買った 。

I bought a bunch of grapes at the supermarket.

暖房 だんぼう
寒い ので 、 部屋 の 暖房 を つけました 。

It was cold, so I turned on the heater in the room.

光熱費 こうねつひ
冬 は 暖房 を 使う ので 、 光熱費 が 高く なる

Utility costs go up in winter because we use heating.

冷房 れいぼう
夏 の オフィス では 冷房 が 欠かせない .

Air conditioning is essential in the office during summer.

Example Vocabulary

厨房

ちゅうぼう

kitchen; galley

工房

こうぼう

workshop; studio; atelier

乳房

ちぶさ

breast; udder

女房

にょうぼう

wife; one's own wife

房

ふさ

cluster; bunch; tassel; segment (of fruit)

暖房

だんぼう

heating

冷房

れいぼう

air conditioning; cooling

独房

どくぼう

文房具

ぶんぼうぐ

stationery; writing materials

書房

しょぼう

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