間取り

Reading

Kana: まどり

Romaji: madori

Definition

noun

1

plan of a house; arrangement of rooms; list of rooms in an apartment, excluding bathroom and toilet, encoded as a string of digits and letters (e.g. "2DK" for a two-room apartment with a kitchen/dining area)

Kanji

間

Readings: カン、 ケン、 あいだ、 ま、 あい

Meanings: interval, space

取

Readings: シュ、 と.る、 と.り、 と.り-、 とり、 -ど.り

Meanings: take, fetch, take up

Example Sentence

間取(まど)りも狭(せま)いし、周(まわ)りもうるさいけど、住(す)めば都(と)なんだよ、この部屋(へや)。

➥It's a small noisy apartment, but it's where I live and I call it home.