異人館

Reading

Kana: いじんかん

Romaji: ijinkan

Definition

noun

1

Western style residences built mostly for early foreign settlers during the end of the Shogunate and the Meiji era

Kanji

異

Readings: イ、 こと、 こと.なる、 け

Meanings: uncommon, different, queerness, strangeness, wonderful, curious, unusual

人

Readings: ジン、 ニン、 ひと、 -り、 -と

Meaning: person

館

Readings: カン、 やかた、 たて

Meanings: building, mansion, large building, palace