うち

うち · uchi · JLPT N5 · noun

home

うち — home

🏠 uchi = inside: 内 (inside) is the same word, so home is your inside place

うち originally means inside (内). Japanese splits the world into uchi (inside, my group) and soto (outside). Your home is the most inside place there is, so うち also means my house, my family, even we/us.

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