housing
意味
- 住宅供給;家に収容すること
- 《集合的に》家,住宅(houses)
- 避難所
- (機械の)架構(支え台・枠・囲い,また部品収容箱など)
- 馬衣;《複数形で》馬飾り
例文
As far housing goes, it is very poor in Japan.
住宅事情はと言うと、日本はとても貧しい状態だ。
The housing situation seemed quite hopeless.
住宅事情は全然望みがなさそうだった。
It seems that Mr Hatoyama is living in company housing.
鳩山さんは社宅に住んでいるらしい。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English housynge, housinge, from housen (“to house, shelter; receive into one's house”), equivalent to house + -ing. Cognate with Scots housing (“housing”), Old Frisian hūsinge (whence Saterland Frisian Huzenge); compare also Dutch huizing, behuizing (“housing”), Low German husing, hüsing (“housing”), German Behausung (“housing”), Swedish inhysing (“housing”).