(2 entries)
けん
JLPT:N3
Frequency:
1

A counter for buildings (esp. houses) — used like 'one house', 'two houses'.

SuffixCounter

Examples

この通りには古い家が三軒並んでいる。

Three old houses stand in a row on this street.

近所に新しい店が何軒かできた。

Several new shops have opened in the neighborhood.

山間の村には軒数が少ない民家が点在している。

In the mountain village, a small number of houses are scattered about.

2

A suffix attached to pen names, art-names, etc. (e.g. '〜軒').

Suffix

Examples

古い俳人は号の最後に『軒』を付けることがよくあった。

It was common for older haiku poets to add '軒' at the end of their pen names.