Word Meaning 世帯

しょたい shotai

世帯 is read as しょたい (shotai) and means household.

Meaning

English

household
home
family
housekeeping

Reading

Kana

しょたい

Romaji

shotai

Writing Variants

所帯しょたい shotai

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 15 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 4 Kanken 7級 Synonyms 家庭,所帯 Related Words 家庭,家族,ファミリー,所帯,家,ホーム,共同生活 Rank 2326 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

世帯主

せたいぬし

head of the family (esp. as recorded in the resident register)

世帯数

せたいすう

number of households

世帯員

せたいいん

family members

世帯所得

せたいしょとく

family income

世帯年収

せたいねんしゅう

(yearly) household income

多世帯

たせたい

multiple households

共働き世帯

ともばたらきせたい

dual-income household

単身世帯

たんしんせたい

single-person household

モデル世帯

もでるせたい

standard family unit

世帯を張る

しょたいをはる

to keep house

標準世帯

ひょうじゅんせたい

standard family unit

2世帯住宅

にせたいじゅうたく

two-family house

Example Sentences

この村に５０世帯がいます。

There are fifty families in this village.

火事で４世帯が焼死した。

Four families were killed in the fire.

世帯とは住居や生計を同じくしている集団です。

A household is a group that shares the same living space and finances.

一戸建より共同住宅に住む世帯の増加率の方が高い。

The rate of increase in households is higher for apartment houses than for individual houses.

この県営住宅は、五階建てで、一棟に五つの階段があり、一つの階段に十世帯、一棟で計五十世帯が住めるように設計されています。

The prefectural housing here is a five-story building with five staircases, designed to accommodate 10 families per staircase for 50 families in total.