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

Alternative forms

Noun

家持ち (hiragana いえもち, rōmaji iemochi)

  1. home ownership
  2. a homeowner
  3. the head of a household
  4. financial housekeeping, household budgeting

Idioms
  • 家持 (いえも)ちより金持 (かねも)ち (iemochi yori kanemochi): "having money instead of having a house" → money is a better asset than a house
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