How to say floor plans and room types in Japanese
Navigate the Market: Real Estate and Housing Vocabulary in Japanese: How to say floor plans and room types in Japanese
The Japanese for “floor plans” in the context of housing is commonly expressed with abbreviations like 1R, 1K, 1DK, 1LDK, etc., which describe the layout of rooms in a property. The letters stand for:
- R: Room (洋室, usually meaning a bedroom or multipurpose room)
- K: Kitchen (キッチン)
- D: Dining room (ダイニング)
- L: Living room (リビング)
For example, 2LDK means 2 bedrooms with living, dining, and kitchen space combined.
Room types in Japanese include:
- Room: 部屋 (heya)
- Bedroom: 寝室 (shinshitsu)
- Living room: リビングルーム (ribingu rūmu)
- Dining room: ダイニングルーム (dainingu rūmu)
- Kitchen: キッチン (kicchin) or 台所 (daidokoro) for more traditional term
- Japanese-style room (with tatami mats): 和室 (washitsu)
- Western-style room: 洋室 (yōshitsu)
Thus, “floor plans” concept is embedded in combinations like 1DK or 3LDK, representing the number and types of rooms, while individual room types have their specific names in Japanese.