址

基址


実

From Old Japanese. Thought to be originally a compound of 真 (sa, “_([term?])”) + 根 (ne, “root of a plant”).
First appears in the Nihon Shoki of 720 CE in sense 2.

com+

tongue and groove
tongue and groove#English

(architecture) tongue (projecting part on a board meant to fit into a groove on another board, as in tongue and groove)


巴

巴 (canonical)
tomoe (romanization)
tomowe (romanization)
ともゑ (hiragana historical)

English: tomoe

First attested around the 12th century.
Originally a compound of 鞆 (tomo, “archer's left-wrist protector”) + 絵 (e, “picture, drawing”).
The use of the 巴 kanji is possibly for its resemblance to a big snake.

com

(architecture) a piece of wood, usually a floorboard or an eave, with a tomoe pattern


布

⟨nuno₁⟩ → */nunʷo/ → /nuno/
From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *nono.

(architecture) umbrella term for something wide, horizontal, level, parallel, etc. as in a piece of cloth


楣

From Old Japanese. First cited to a text from 762.
Compound of 目 (ma, combining form of me, “eye; opening”) + 種 (kusa, “material, piece”, also spelled 草 in various compounds). The kusa changes to gusa as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

compound

also spelled <i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">草</i> in various compounds

鴨居

a lintel with grooves for a [[sliding window]] or [[sliding door|door]]

無目

a lintel lacking [[groove]]s for a [[sliding window]] or [[sliding door|door]]

(architecture, construction, carpentry) a lintel


樋

(architecture) gutter, a trough at the base of a roof used to convey rainwater


粽

Compound of 茅(ち) (chi, short for chigaya, "cogon") + 巻(まき) (maki, “wrapping”).
Originally, rice cakes were wrapped in leaves from cogon grass.

ja-compound

(Buddhism, architecture) short for 粽形 (chimaki-gata): a Zen-style pillar with rounded edges on the top and bottom parts


茨

/ubara/ → /ibara/
Sound shift from Old Japanese ubara (see below). Now the modern version of this term.

(architecture, construction) the point where two curved lines come together, such as the tip of a cusped gable


葛

葛 (canonical)
kazura (romanization)
kadura (romanization)
かづら (hiragana historical)

⟨kadura⟩ → /kad͡zuɾa/ → /kazuɾa/
From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *kantura. Cognate with Okinawan 葛 (kanda).

羅生門葛

羅生門葛 らしょうもんかずら

(architecture) the level material on to which the foundations of a structure are lain


要

/kani no me/ → /kanome/ → /kaname/
A shift from older 蟹の目 (kani no me, “crab's eye”) from a superficial resemblance of the round pinhead of a folding fan to a crab's eye, influenced by a reanalysis of the term as 金目 (kaname, literally “metal” + visually prominent feature), as the pins were increasingly made from metal instead of earlier bamboo, wood, or whalebone.
First cited to 1220.

(architecture) in a certain kind of traditional Japanese hip roof where the rafters splay out like the spines of a fan, the central point to which the rafter lines converge


こし

From Old Japanese. Cited in the Nihon Shoki of 720 CE.
Theorized to be an extension of the hip sense from the way that upper storeys in older Japanese architecture were usually smaller, resulting in a hipped effect similar to the way that the waist may be narrower than the hips on a person's body.

(rare, possibly obsolete, architecture) a storey


ラーメン

ja-noun

ラーメン • (rāmen)

(architecture, construction) rigid frame


玄関

玄(げん)関(かん) • (genkan) ^(←げんくわん (genkwan)?)

玄関 (canonical)
genkan (romanization)
genkwan (romanization)
げんくわん (hiragana historical)

→ English: genkan

Guenquan. ゲンクヮン (玄関) 茶の湯 (Chanoyu)へ行くのに通る道の入り口、または、門. また、ある人の家の中に入るのに通る奥の入口.

1603, Vocabvlario da Lingoa de Iapam (Nippo Jisho) [Vocabulary of the Language of Japan] (in Portuguese), Nagasaki, page 296:

(architecture) the front entrance of a Japanese home; usually recessed into the floor


大黒柱

大黒柱 (canonical)
daikokubashira (romanization)

大黒(だいこく) (Daikoku, “Daikoku, the good of wealth and fortune”) + 柱(はしら) (hashira, “pillar”). The hashira changes to bashira as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

ja-compound

(architecture) the large, central pillar that holds up a traditional Japanese house.


壁龕

(architecture) niche, alcove (in Western architecture)


支柱

(construction, architecture) brace, prop, strut, supporting pillar, supporting column, post


障子

障子 (canonical)
shōji (romanization)
syauzi (romanization)
しやうじ (hiragana historical)

衝立障子

衝立障子 ついたてしょうじ


甲板

(architecture) long boards placed along the ridge of the roof in order to support the beams that decorate the roof of a shrine


縁側

[ẽ̞ŋɡa̠β̞a̠]

(architecture) open-air veranda, balcony, porch


柱頭

ja-noun

柱(ちゅう)頭(とう) • (chūtō)

From Middle Chinese compound 柱頭 /柱头 (drju^X duw, literally “pillar + head”).


ドラム

doramu (romanization)
Dr (alternative abbreviation)

(architecture) drum (encircling wall that supports a dome)


引き戸

引き戸 (canonical)
hikido (romanization)
枚 (counter)


合掌造り

合掌造り (canonical)
gasshōzukuri (romanization)

From 合掌(がっしょう) (gasshō, “praying hands”) + 造(つく)り (tsukuri, “construction”), continuative form of the verb 造る (つくる, “to make; to construct”).

ja-compound

(architecture) a thatched roof with high, steep rafters

(architecture) traditional architecture featuring such roofs


オベリスク

[o̞be̞ɾʲisɨ̥kɯ̟]

Either from French obélisque or from English obelisk.

(architecture) an obelisk (tall, square, tapered, stone monolith topped with a pyramidal point)

Daijisen
Kōjien
Shinmura Izuru
ja:オベリスク
ja:松村明


コリント式

コリント式 (canonical)
Korinto-shiki (romanization)

From コリント (Korinto, “Corinth”) + 式 (-shiki, “style”).


ドーリア式

ドーリア式 (canonical)
Dōria-shiki (romanization)
ドリア式 (alternative)

From ドーリア (Dōria, “Doria”) + 式 (-shiki, “style”).


イオニア式

イオニア式 (canonical)
Ionia-shiki (romanization)

From イオニア (“Ionia”) + 式 (-shiki, “style”).


ドリス式

ドリス式 (canonical)
Dorisu-shiki (romanization)

From ドリス (Dorisu, “Doris”) + 式 (-shiki, “style”).

ドーリア式 ドーリア式#Japanese

(architecture) synonym of ドーリア式 (Dōria-shiki, “Doric order”)


数寄屋造り

数寄屋造り (canonical)
sukiya-zukuri (romanization)

From 数寄屋(すきや) (sukiya, “tea-ceremony arbor”) + 造(つく)り (tsukuri, “making, producing, manufacturing”). The tsukuri reading for 造り changes to zukuri as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

ja-compound

(architecture) a type of Japanese domestic architectural style adopted from the earlier zukuri styles. Based on the celebration of tea rooms, it is a common style for domestic homes in Japan today.


節点

Borrowing from Chinese 節點 /节点 (jiédiǎn).

(architecture) a joint (point where two components join in, for example, a framework)


多聞

多 (“poly-; multi-”) + 聞 (“to hear; to learn”)

pre

(architecture) a long building built along the top of the stony wall of a Japanese castle


石持

石持 (canonical)
石持 (canonical)
ishimochi (romanization)

Compound of 石(いし) (ishi, “stone”) + 持(も)ち (mochi, “possession, ownership”). Literally, “having stones”, referring to the prominently large otoliths in the croakers' skulls.

ja-com

(architecture) a crosspiece supporting a stone roof


ドリア式

ドリア式 (canonical)
Doria-shiki (romanization)

1926, Bunzaburō Matsumoto, Tōyō bunka no kenkyū [Research in Oriental culture], page 211:

元は、原ドリア式の柱は殆んど全く之を用いず、更らに機巧なる柱を以てした。

Moto wa, gen Doria-shiki no hashira wa hotondo mattaku kore o mochiizu, sarani kikō naru hashira o motteshita.

Originally, most did not use typical Doric order pillars, but pillars of a more intricate style.

1976, Teiji Kitagawa, Ashinaga oji-san, translation of Daddy-Long-Legs by Jean Webster, page 35:

正面にはドリア式の柱（イオニア式かもしれません — どうもそれがごっちゃになってしまうので）

Shōmen ni wa Doria-shiki no hashira (Ionia-shiki kamoshiremasen — dō mo sore ga gotcha ni natte shimau no de)

The facade featured Doric order pillars (or maybe they were Ionian—I can never tell the difference)

ドーリア式 ドーリア式#Japanese

(architecture) alternative form of ドーリア式 (“Doric order”)


土間

玄関

The modern counterpart to the doma in a modern Japanese house, where one takes off their outdoor shoes after entering.

広間

The raised wooden main floor-level in a traditional Japanese house, farmhouse, townhouse, etc.

座敷

The tatami-matted floor-level in a traditional Japanese house, farmhouse, townhouse, etc.


広間

座敷

tatami-style room; room for entertaining guests

1983, Iguchi Kaisen, Sadō nyūmon [Introduction to tea ceremony], page 131:

The Shoin-style tea house is associated with this hiroma type. In the case of koma, they are given names based on the number of tatami and how they are laid out, such as sanjō daime, nijō nakaita and so on.

そして書院式茶室は、この広間の方に属する。小間の場合は、畳の数やその敷き方によって、三畳台目、二畳中板、 […] などの名称つけられる。

Soshite Shoin-shiki chashitsu wa, kono hiroma no hō ni zoku suru. Koma no bāi wa, tatami no kazu ya sono shiki kata niyotte, sanjō daime, nijō nakaita, […] nado no meishō tsukerareru.

(architecture, tea ceremony) a tea ceremony room larger than 4+¹⁄₂ tatami mats

小間

tea ceremony room smaller than 4.5 tatami mats


エンタブラチュア

[ẽ̞nta̠bɯ̟ɾa̠t͡ɕɨa̠]


けらば

けらば (canonical)
ケラバ (canonical)
keraba (romanization)
けらば (hiragana historical)

Compound of 螻蛄 (kera, “mole cricket”) + 羽 (ha, “wing”), possibly from a similarity between the wings of certain mole crickets and the way the eaves on a gabled roof come together at the peak of the gable, possibly also from a resemblance between the veins of the wing and the beams of a gable roof. The ha changes to ba as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
First cited to the 色葉字類抄 (Iroha Jiruishō) edition dated to 1177–81.

compound

(architecture) the eaves of a gable roof above the triangular gable wall: the verge


長押

(Japanese architecture) a horizontal piece of lumber used to make door frames or connect columns


小間

(architecture) space between rafters; space between rafter and joist

(architecture) the visible portion of a roof tile


ラーメン橋

ja-noun

ラーメン橋(きょう) • (rāmen-kyō)

ラーメン橋 (canonical)
rāmen-kyō (romanization)

[ɾa̠ːmẽ̞ŋʲkʲo̞ː]

(architecture, construction) rigid-frame bridge


うちっぱなし

うちっぱなし • (uchippanashi) ^(←うちつぱなし (utitupanasi)?)

uchippanashi (romanization)
utitupanasi (romanization)
うちつぱなし (hiragana historical)

ja:打放しコンクリート

コンクリート打ちっぱなし

(architecture) leaving (concrete) unadorned


帳台

Compound of 帳 (chō, “curtain”) + 台 (dai, “bed”).

(architecture, furniture) a baldachin; a canopy bed; a curtained sleeping platform used by those of highest rank in shinden style shinden zukuri (寝殿造) residences of the aristocracy in the Heian period. Its origins are believed to date back to the 5th century. Often prefixed with the honorific mi (御 (michoudai 御帳台)), and sometimes abbreviated to michou (御帳). The base was a low lacquered platform about 2m x 2m in area and 39cm high called a hamayuka (浜床).


つめぐみ

つめぐみ or ツメぐみ • (tsumegumi) ^(←つめぐみ (tumegumi)?)

つめぐみ (canonical)
ツメぐみ (canonical)
tsumegumi (romanization)
tumegumi (romanization)
つめぐみ (hiragana historical)

en:Tokyō (architecture)#Tsumegumi
ja:組物
ja:詰め組み

(architecture) tokyō intercolumnar supporting bracket


みずまわり

みずまわり • (mizumawari) ^(←みづまはり (midumafari)?)

mizumawari (romanization)
midumafari (romanization)
みづまはり (hiragana historical)

(architecture) water-related facilities: bathroom, etc.


アトリウム

[a̠to̞ɾʲiɯ̟mɯ̟]

Learned borrowing from Latin atrium, possibly via English atrium.

(architecture, historical) an atrium: a kind of large living room in ancient Roman residential architecture

(architecture) an atrium: a large enclosed area within a building, usually with a high ceiling


古民家

(architecture) traditional Japanese-style civilian house


ふきぬけ

fukinuke (romanization)
ふきぬけ (hiragana historical)

[ɸɯ̟kʲinɯ̟ke̞]

(architecture) floor that spans multiple levels; double-height room


でまど

demado (romanization)
でまど (hiragana historical)

From 出(で) (de, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 出(で)る (deru).”) + 窓(まど) (mado).


要石

ja-noun

要(かなめ)石(いし) • (kanameishi) ^(←かなめいし (kanameisi)?)

要石 (canonical)
kanameishi (romanization)
kanameisi (romanization)
かなめいし (hiragana historical)

spiritual stone buried in the ground at shrines across Japan and said to prevent earthquakes; foundation stone; keystone


したみ

From 下(した) (shita) + 見(み) (mi, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 見(み)る (miru).”).


パーテーション

ja-noun

パーテーション • (pātēshon)

[pa̠ːte̞ːɕõ̞ɴ]


たてかえる

ja-verb

たてかえる • (tatekaeru) ^(←たてかへる (tatekaferu)?)ichidan (stem たてかえ (tatekae), past たてかえた (tatekaeta))

tatekaeru (romanization)
tatekaferu (romanization)
たてかえ (stem)
たてかえた (past)
たてかえ
tatekae
たてかえる
tatekaeru
たてかえれ
tatekaere
たてかえよ (imperative literary)
たてかえろ (colloquial imperative)
tatekaeyo (imperative literary)
tatekaero (colloquial imperative)
たてかえられる (passive)
tatekaerareru (passive)
たてかえさせる (causative)
たてかえさす (causative)
tatekaesaseru (causative)
tatekaesasu (causative)
たてかえられる (potential)
たてかえれる (colloquial potential)
tatekaerareru (potential)
tatekaereru (colloquial potential)
たてかえよう (volitional)
tatekaeyō (volitional)
たてかえない (negative)
たてかえぬ (negative)
たてかえん (negative)
tatekaenai (negative)
tatekaenu (negative)
tatekaen (negative)
たてかえず (continuative negative)
tatekaezu (continuative negative)
たてかえます (formal)
tatekaemasu (formal)
たてかえた (perfective)
tatekaeta (perfective)
たてかえて (conjunctive)
tatekaete (conjunctive)
たてかえれば (conditional hypothetical)
tatekaereba (conditional hypothetical)


洋室

ja-noun

洋(よう)室(しつ) • (yōshitsu) ^(←やうしつ (yausitu)?)

洋室 (canonical)
yōshitsu (romanization)
yausitu (romanization)
やうしつ (hiragana historical)

Coordinate term: 和室 (washitsu)


馬道

馬(め)道(どう) or 馬(めん)道(どう) or 馬(め)道(ど) • (medō or mendō or medo) ^(←めだう (medau)?)

馬道 (canonical)
馬道 (canonical)
馬道 (canonical)
medō (romanization)
mendō (romanization)
medo (romanization)
medau (romanization)
めだう (hiragana historical)

(architecture) a long board covered earth floor passageway connecting two buildings. The boards can be removed to let horses into an inner courtyard


裏白

裏白 (canonical)
裏白 (canonical)
urajiro (romanization)

[ɯ̟ɾa̠ʑiɾo̞]

Literally, “back white”, 裏(うら) (ura, “back, reverse”) + 白(しろ) (shiro, “white”)

ja-compound

(architecture) clipping of 裏白戸 (urajiro-to, “plaster coated sliding door used as a fire-proof door in 蔵 (kura, “traditional storehouses”)”)


鯖の尾

鯖の尾 (canonical)
鯖の尾 (canonical)
saba no o (romanization)

Literally, “mackerel's tail”, 鯖(さば) (saba, “mackerel”) + の (no, possessive particle) + 尾(お) (o, “tail”)

(architecture) a decorative metal door fitting resembling a mackerel's tail


動線

動線 (canonical)
dōsen (romanization)
dousen (romanization)
どうせん (hiragana historical)


島木

From 島(しま) (shima, “island”) + 木(き) (ki, “tree”). The ki changes to gi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

(architecture) shimagi (second crossbar in a torii, under the kasagi)


島木

From 島(しま) (shima, “island”) + 木(き) (ki, “tree”).

(rare, architecture) shimagi (second crossbar in a torii, under the kasagi)