軒

Vocabulary (12)

• 傍軒

  そばのき

  barge course

• 二軒建て

  にけんだて

  duplex (house)

• 軒天

  のきてん

  eave

• 軒平瓦

  のきひらがわら

  eave-end roof tile (comprising a broadly concave tile and near-rectangular decorative cap)

• 軒丸瓦

  のきまるがわら

  eave-end roof tile (comprising a convex semi-cylindrical tile and a decorative pendant)

• 軒丈

  のきたけ

  height from the ground to a building's eaves

• 軒別

  けんべつ

  house to house

• 一軒置いて隣

  いっけんおいてとなり

  next door but one

• 軒猿

  のきざる

  ninja (esp. those serving the Uesugi clan during the Sengoku period)

• 軒数

  けんすう

  number of houses

• 一軒

  いっけん

  one house

• 数軒

  すうけん

  several houses