たく (taku)

薪たきぎを 集あつめて 火ひをたいたよ。

I gathered wood and made a fire.

先生せんせいのお 宅たくはどちらですか。

Which is the teacher's house?

ここは 静しずかな 住宅じゅうたく 地ちだ。

This is a quiet residential area.

欧米に比べて日本の住宅事情は極めて貧困だ。

Compared to (the situations) in Europe and the U.S., the housing situation in Japan is extremely poor.

夫は仕事が終わり次第、毎日まっすぐ帰宅します。

My husband comes straight home every day, as soon as he has finished his work.

僕は東京に行くたびに恩師のお宅を訪ねることにしている。

I make it a point of visiting my professor's residence every time I go to Tokyo.

お宅は狭いと言っても私の家に比べたらずっとましですよ。

You say your house is small, but it is much better than our house, you know.

この新宅には相当お金をかけたであろうことは想像にかたくない。

It is easy to imagine them spending a lot of money on this new house.

パソコンさえあれば自宅ででき、且つ高収入の仕事をご紹介します。

We will introduce you to jobs that not only pay well, but can be done at home, as long as you have a computer.

阪神・淡路大震災では、住宅倒壊により何千人もの命が一瞬のうちに奪われた。

In the Hanshin-Awaji Great Earthquake, the lives of thousands of people were taken in an instant when their houses collapsed.

私は自宅が海のすぐ近くのため、釣り好きになるべくしてなったと言っていいでしょう。

You could say that I became fond of fishing, exactly as expected, because my home is so close to the ocean.

来週の金曜日午後6時から拙宅で夕食会をしますので、お知らせいたします。なお、ご都合のつかない方はお電話下さい。

Let me inform you that there will be a dinner at my residence starting at 6:00 p.m. next Friday. Please call us if you can't come.