Illustration: At a lived-in traditional Japanese house, a grandmother and child sit side by side on the narrow wooden veranda beneath the projecting eaves. Open sliding doors behind them reveal a tatami room; directly below their dangling feet, stepping stones cross the garden.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

縁えん側がわ

engawa

veranda in a Japanese house

Example sentences

  1. つくばいと違ちがい縁側えんがわで立たったまま使用しようする。

    Unlike the tsukubai, the ensaki-chozubachi can be used while standing.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  2. なお縁側えんがわから鉢はちまでの距離きょりは75cm程度ていどがよいとされる。

    It is said that the distance between the veranda and the chozubachi is preferably about 75 cm.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 土間どまで縄なわをなったり、縁側えんがわで機織はたおりをしたり、屋根裏やねうらでカイコを飼かうなど、住居じゅうきょと生業なりわいの結むすびつきが強つよい。

    Minka and work were closely connected: doma were used also to make ropes; the engawa or veranda for weaving; and silkworms were raised in the attic.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 縁側

  • 縁affinity; relationOnエン・-ネンKunふち・ふちどる・ゆかり
  • 側side; leanOnソクKunかわ・がわ・そば

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