家賃

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 家賃 is read as やちん and is a noun for the money paid to rent a home or room.
• Basic usage: It is used for paying monthly rent by a deadline or evaluating the rent level of a room near a station.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Payment object
  • In 家賃を払う, rent is the amount being paid, and 月末までに gives the payment deadline.
• Price predicate
  • In 家賃が高い, the rent itself is the subject evaluated as high; it is not the purchase price of the room.