屋根

Japanese
Kanji in this term
屋 根
や
Grade: 3		 ね
Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Etymology

Houses in ancient Japan were dugouts, where the roof came right down to the ground.[1]

Noun

屋根 (hiragana やね, rōmaji yane)

  1. roof

References
  1. Why does 屋根 means roof and 天井 means ceiling? - Japanese Language Stack Exchange
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