Keyword
main pillar
Info
FrequencyTop 1600-1700
Type
Jōyō 
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KankenLevel Pre-2
Heisig544
Readings
むね
(61%)
とう
(37%)
Composed of
tree
east
Used in vocabulary (39 in total)
ridge (of roof); back of a sword; counter for buildings, apartments, etc.
(hospital) ward
large building; building with a long roof; counter for buildings, apartments, etc.
central figure; pillar (e.g. of the nation); chief; boss; master carpenter; beams and ridge supports of a roof
separate building; outbuilding; outhouse
one house; the same house
administrative building
suffix for building numbers
ridgepole; ridge beam
wing (of a building)
ridgepole-raising; setting up of the framework of a house
terraced or partitioned housing structure
dormitory building; dormitory hall
top ridge of a roof; main ridge of a roof
laboratory block; research laboratory building
ridgepole-raising ceremony
(having, there being) a great number of books
wholesale lease (on a building)
hip (of roof)
hipped roof; hip roof
tiger keelback (Rhabdophis tigrinus)
hipped roof; hip roof; hipped roof construction; hip roof construction
striking with the back of the sword
hipped roof; hip roof; hipped roof construction; hip roof construction
hip roof; hipped roof; building with a hip roof
hip roof; hipped roof; building with a hip roof
framework raising ceremony
hip roof; hipped roof; building with a hip roof
renting a whole house; cottage rental
sign staked to a building's ridgepole at construction time stating the building's donor, builder, date, reason for construction, etc.
tiger keelback (Rhabdophis tigrinus)
hip roof; hipped roof; building with a hip roof
hipped roof; hip roof
raising the ridgepole
ridgepole-raising ceremony
gallery; exhibition hall
grass snake (Natrix natrix); ringed snake; water snake
Examples (4 in total)
Please be quiet within the ward.
My father is a master builder.
Both buildings burned down.