上棟式

じょうとうしき

ridgepole-raising ceremony

棟上げ

むねあげ

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

上棟

じょうとう

raising the ridgepole

上棟祭

じょうとうさい

ridgepole-raising ceremony

棟

むね とう

large building, building with a long roof

カスケード式けた上げ

カスケードしきけたあげ

cascaded carry

積み上げ方式

つみあげほうしき

gradualist approach; build-up approach; buildup approach

上げ

あげ

tuck (e.g. in a dress)

形式上

けいしきじょう

in form, ceremonial, for form's sake, pro forma

上げ下げ

あげさげ

raising and lowering, praising and blaming, modulation

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

号棟

ごうとう

suffix for building numbers