棟（むね）
JLPT N1 · noun
Pitch accent: odaka (tail-high) — high to the end, drops on a following particle (accent on mora 2)
Meaning: ridge/the main beam
Example sentences
- この病院には三つの棟がある。 — This hospital has three buildings.
- 屋根の棟を新しく葺き替える。 — The ridge of the roof is being re-thatched.
Idioms & proverbs containing “棟”
- 汗牛充棟 (かんぎゅうじゅうとう) — (having, there being) a great number of books
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