破屋

破屋

1. dilapidated house; ramshackle house

Probably ultimately from Middle Chinese 破屋 (MC pʰuɑ^H ʔuk̚, literally “broken down, worn out + house”).

First appears in the mid-1300s.[1]

• (Tokyo) はおく [hàókú] (Heiban – [0])[2][3]
• (Tokyo) は​おく [háꜜòkù] (Atamadaka – [1])[2][3]
• IPA^(key): [ha̠o̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

破(は)屋(おく) • (haoku) ^{←はをく (fawoku)?}

1. a tumbledown, ramshackle house, especially one that has been abandoned

   Synonyms: (“abandoned house”) 廃屋 (haioku), (“abandoned house”) 廃家 (haika)

Compound of 破れ (yabure, “breaking down, falling apart”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 破れる (yabureru, “to break down, to fall apart”)) +‎ 屋 (ya, “house, building”).[1][4]

First appears in the late 1100s.[1]

This reading may be falling into disuse. Not listed in some dictionaries.[2][3]

• IPA^(key): [ja̠bɯ̟ᵝɾe̞ja̠]

破(やぶれ)屋(や) • (yabureya) 

1. a tumbledown, squalid house

   Synonym: (“dilapidated house, shack, hut”; “home”, as a humble reference to one's own dwelling) 荒屋 (abaraya)