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切妻造り (きりづまづくり) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

切きり妻づま造づくり

き

り

づ

ま

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Meanings

1

noun

gabled roof; gabled roof construction; building with a gabled roof

Refers to a roof with two sloping sides meeting at a ridge, or a building featuring such a roof. Common in traditional Japanese architecture.

この神じん社じゃの本ほん殿でんは切きり妻づま造づくりです。
The main hall of this shrine has a gabled roof.
切きり妻づま造づくりの家いえは

雨あめ

に

強つよ

い

と

言い

わ

れ

て

いる

。

Houses with gabled roofs are said to be resistant to rain.

Written forms

切きり妻づま造づくり
Standard spelling with okurigana.
切きり妻づま造づくり
Variant without okurigana, often seen in architectural contexts.

Kanji

切cut, cutoff, be sharp
妻wife, spouse
造create, make, structure

Similar words

寄よせ棟むね造づくり
A hipped roof, where all four sides slope downward, unlike the two-sided gable of 切妻造り.
入いり母も屋や造づくり
A hip-and-gable roof combining features of both gabled and hipped styles, more complex than 切妻造り.

Etymology

From 切妻 (kirizuma, 'gable') + 造り (tsukuri, 'construction, making'). The term 切妻 literally means 'cut wife', possibly referring to the shape of the gable resembling a cut or the end of a building.