Illustration: From a low hill beside a Japanese housing estate, a child counts three clearly separated apartment blocks. The child points toward the final block with one hand while holding up three fingers on the other. A parent follows the pointing gesture, kneeling to share the child's eye level.

JLPT N1counterLevel estimated by Bebop

棟とう

tou

counter for buildings

Example sentences

  1. 建物たてものは２棟とうとも全焼ぜんしょうした。

    Both buildings burned down.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. ３棟とうの家屋かおくが全壊ぜんかいしました。

    Three homes were completely destroyed.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. この県営住宅けんえいじゅうたくは、五階建ごかいだてで、一棟いっとうに五いつつの階段かいだんがあり、一ひとつの階段かいだんに十世帯じゅうせたい、一棟いちとうで計五十世帯けいごじゅうせたいが住すめるように設計せっけいされています。

    This prefectural housing is five stories tall, with five staircases per building. It was designed to accommodate ten households per staircase, or fifty households per building in total.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · English by AI · Source

Kanji in 棟

  • 棟ridgepole; ridgeOnトウKunむね・むな-

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