家持ち
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 家 | 持 |
| いえ Grade: 2 | も Grade: 3 |
| kun’yomi | |
Etymology
Compound of 家 (ie, “home, house, household”) + 持ち (mochi, “having, holding, owning”), the stem noun form of verb 持つ (motsu, “to have, to hold, to own, to possess”).
Pronunciation
- Kun'yomi
- IPA(key): [ie̞mo̞t͡ɕi]
Alternative forms
- 家持
Noun
家持ち (hiragana いえもち, rōmaji iemochi)
- home ownership
- a homeowner
- the head of a household
- financial housekeeping, household budgeting
Idioms
- 家持ちより金持ち (iemochi yori kanemochi): "having money instead of having a house" → money is a better asset than a house