This is opposed to the more commonhouses in Japan, which is usually, "rural", "newly built" and "detached".
这种情形与更为常见的日本住宅相反,日本住宅通常的形容词是“乡村的”,“新建造的”和“独立式的”。
2
But when it came to their houses, it was a time of common sense and a belief that less could truly be more.
但谈到房子的问题,情况完全不同。当时的人们普遍相信少即是多。
3
He was a common figure in the streets and lived in some shabby neighborhood of tenement houses where there were hens and chickens among the cobblestones.