葺

Meaning

葺 centers on covering a roof with layered material: thatching, shingling, or tiling. The broader sense of covering something with a protective layer follows naturally.

• 葺きぶき

  roofing; roofed with; thatching; thatched with; shingling; shingled with

• 茅葺きかやぶき

  thatching a roof (with grass); thatched roof

• 瓦葺きかわらぶき

  tile-roofing

• 葺き替えふきかえ

  reroofing; rethatching

• こけら葺きこけらぶき

  shingling; shingled roof

• スレート葺スレートぶき

  slate roof

• 下葺きしたぶき

  built-up roofing

• 仮葺かりぶき

  temporary roofing

• 刈り葺くかりふく

  to thatch (a roof)

• 木賊葺きとくさぶき

  shingling with thin cedar or cypress shingles; roof shingled in such a manner (usu. at temples, shrines, etc.)

• 板葺きいたぶき

  shingle roofing

• 栩葺きとちぶき

  shingling using thick roof shingles; roof shingled in such a manner (usu. shrine buildings, noh stages, etc.)

• 桧皮葺ひわだぶき

  cypress bark roof; hinoki bark thatching

• 目隠し葺きめかくしぶき

  tiles used to cover nail holes in cypress bark roofing for the purpose of waterproofing

• 茅葺き屋根かやぶきやね

  thatched roof

• 草葺きくさぶき

  thatching; thatch; thatched roof

• 葺き替えるふきかえる

  to reroof; to rethatch; to retile

• 葺き板ふきいた

  shingles

• 葺くふく

  to roof (a house with some material); to thatch; to shingle; to tile

• 葺石ふきいし

  round boulders covering the slopes of a burial mound (Kofun period)

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