What's the difference between アパート and マンション? アパート-apartment, apartment… - Feed Post by KenjiSama
What's the difference between アパート and マンション?
アパート-apartment, apartment building, apart.
マンション-apartment house. You would also think it would mean mansion, but no............
アパート-apartment, apartment building, apart.
マンション-apartment house. You would also think it would mean mansion, but no............
posted by KenjiSama
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It was written some days ago. Long story short: the "manshion" is usually a bigger, more luxurious and more expensive kind of apartment.
マンション:
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mansion
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/mansion
アパート:
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%91%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88
As that last link shows, アパート is simply an abbreviation which can mean two different Japanese words--either アパートメント or アパートメントホウス.
And yeah, I brought this topic up a couple of weeks ago in the following post. ^^
http://japaneseclass.jp/feeds/comment/5521
