Illustration: In the courtyard of a small Japanese house, a mason builds a low garden wall from rectangular fired-clay bricks. One loose brick rests prominently in the mason's gloved hand above a fresh bed of mortar, aligned with the staggered courses below.

レンガ

renga

brick

Example sentences

あの家いえはレンガ造づくりだ。
That house is built of bricks.
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この煙突えんとつはレンガで出来できている。
This chimney is made of brick.
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煉瓦れんがの大部分だいぶぶんは粘土ねんどからなっている。
Bricks consist mostly of clay.
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