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けん
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1A counter used for buildings, especially houses — as in 一軒 (one house), 二軒 (two houses).

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Examples

この商店街には古い店が十軒ほど並んでいる。

About ten old shops line this shopping street.

隣の家が火事になり、近くの二軒も被害を受けた。

The house next door caught fire, and the two nearby houses were also damaged.

この村には民家が五軒しかない。

There are only five houses in this village.

2A suffix attached to pen names, art-names, or shop names, used in the form '~軒.'

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Examples

老舗のそば屋には「〜軒」という屋号がよく見られる。

Long-established soba shops often have shop names ending in '~軒.'