一棟

ひとむね いちむね

one house, the same house

棟瓦

むながわら

ridge tile

翼棟

よくとう つばさとう

wing (of a building)

棟札

むなふだ むねふだ むなふだ、むねふだ

sign staked to a building's ridgepole at construction time stating the building's donor, builder, date, reason for construction, etc.

隅棟

すみむね

hip (of roof)

病棟

びょうとう

(hospital) ward

棟梁

とうりょう

chief support, pillar (e.g. of nation), leader

大棟

おおむね

top ridge of a roof, main ridge of a roof

上棟

じょうとう

raising the ridgepole

号棟

ごうとう

suffix for building numbers

寮棟

りょうとう

dormitory building; dormitory hall

棟木

むなぎ

ridgepole, ridge beam

別棟

べつむね べっとう

separate building, outbuilding, outhouse

山棟蛇

やまかがし ヤマカガシ やまとうへび

tiger keelback (Rhabdophis tigrinus), ringed grass snake

棟上げ

むねあげ

ridgepole-raising, setting up of the framework of a house

上棟式

じょうとうしき

ridgepole-raising ceremony

管理棟

かんりとう

administrative building

寄せ棟

よせむね

hipped roof, hip roof, hipped roof construction, hip roof construction

陳列棟

ちんれつとう

gallery, exhibition hall