棟

むね とう

large building, building with a long roof

瓦

グラム かわら

roof tile

一棟

ひとむね いちむね

one house, the same house

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

瓦解

がかい

collapse, downfall

瓦版

かわらばん

tile block print (newspaper in Tokugawa period)

巴瓦

ともえがわら ともえかわら

comma-pattern tile

瓦家

かわらや かわらか

tile-roofed house

丸瓦

まるがわら まるかわら

convex roof tile