軒

Meaning

軒 centers on the projecting edge of a roof: eaves. From there it extends to buildings with such roofs, hence flats or houses, and serves as a counter for houses.

• 軒のき
  N3

  eaves

• 軒並みのきなみ
  N1

  row of houses

• 一軒家いっけんや

  detached house; single house; single building

• 軒下のきした

  under the eaves

• 軒先のきさき

  edge of the eaves; house frontage

• 一軒いっけん

  one house

• 軒けん
  N4

  counter for buildings (esp. houses)

• 一軒一軒いっけんいっけん

  each house; every house

• 一軒置いて隣いっけんおいてとなり

  next door but one

• 二軒建てにけんだて

  duplex (house)

• 傍軒そばのき

  barge course

• 向こう三軒むこうさんげん

  one's next three neighbors; one's next three neighbours

• 向こう三軒両隣むこうさんげんりょうどなり

  one's nearest neighbors; houses in one's immediate neighborhood; the three houses across the street and the two houses on either side of one's house

• 意気軒昂いきけんこう

  in high spirits; elated

• 数軒すうけん

  several houses

• 軒を並べるのきをならべる

  to stand side by side; to stand in a row

• 軒を連ねるのきをつらねる

  to stand side by side; to stand in a row

• 軒丈のきたけ

  height from the ground to a building's eaves

• 軒丸瓦のきまるがわら

  eave-end roof tile (comprising a convex semi-cylindrical tile and a decorative pendant)

• 軒別けんべつ

  house to house

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