棟

むね とう

large building, building with a long roof

梁

はり りょう

Liang Dynasty (of China)

棟木

むなぎ

ridgepole, ridge beam

隅棟

すみむね

hip (of roof)

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.

別棟

べつむね べっとう

separate building, outbuilding, outhouse

棟瓦

むながわら

ridge tile

上棟

じょうとう

raising the ridgepole

大棟

おおむね

top ridge of a roof, main ridge of a roof

一棟

ひとむね いちむね

one house, the same house

病棟

びょうとう

(hospital) ward

寮棟

りょうとう

dormitory building; dormitory hall

翼棟

よくとう つばさとう

wing (of a building)

号棟

ごうとう

suffix for building numbers

脳梁

のうりょう

corpus callosum

脊梁

せきりょう

backbone, mountain range

鼻梁

びりょう

bridge of the nose

橋梁

きょうりょう

bridge

横梁

よこばり

horizontal beam, stringpiece, trave