noun  noun (generic) 

• verbal message

noun  noun (generic) 

• house in back for rent

noun  noun (generic) 

• house in an alley, rear tenement

noun  noun (generic)  historical term 

• house-sitting, house-sitter
• caretaker (official post in the Edo period), keeper

rarely used kanji form  search-only kanji form  noun  noun (generic) 

• household with the wife as the boss, wife wearing the pants, wife ruling the roost, house with a henpecked husband

noun  noun (generic) 

• (one's) family, dependents, household
• follower, retainer, underling

usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic) 

• house centipede (Scutigeromorpha spp.)
• contemptible person, skunk, wretch, louse

noun  noun (generic)  noun or participle taking the aux. verb する  intransitive verb  historical term 

• shutting oneself up in one's house, staying indoors, living in seclusion
• house arrest (Edo-period punishment)

noun  noun (generic) 

• free-loader, hanger-on, parasite
• house guest

noun  noun (generic) 

• houses and inhabitants, population