Illustration: During a sudden shower, two neighbors stand close to the wall of an older Japanese wooden house beneath its deep projecting roof. The roof tiles and exposed underside extend well beyond their heads, with water dripping from the outer edge onto the wet path.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

軒のき

noki

eaves

Example sentences

  1. 本堂ほんどうの西にしに軒のきを接せっして建たつ。

    The Zen-shitsu Room stands closely to the west side of the Hon-do Hall.

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

  2. 切妻きりづまであるため軒のき出でも大おおきく作つくる必要ひつようがある。

    It is also necessary to make the eaves longer, because a kirizuma-style roof is used.

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

  3. 各重かくじゅうの屋根やねの西北側せいほくがわの軒のきが折おれて垂たれ下さがった。

    The eaves of all stories on the northwest side were broken and were left dangling.

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

Kanji in 軒

  • 軒flats; counter for housesOnケンKunのき

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