戸建て

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: Written 戸建て and read こだて, it denotes a detached dwelling occupied as one independent house.
• Basic usage: It appears in viewing a home away from the station and grandparents living in a house with a garden.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Detached house rather than apartment unit
  • One household uses the separate building rather than sharing a multiunit structure.