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縁側 (えんがわ, engawa) Japanese meaning: engawa | Kotomora
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っ
て
庭にわ
を
眺なが
める
の
が
好す
き
です
。
On summer evenings, I like sitting on the engawa and looking at the garden.
My grandmother is basking in the sun on the engawa.
Usage patterns 縁えん 側がわ に 座すわ る to sit on the veranda
My grandmother was sitting on the veranda watching the cat.
縁えん 側がわ を 食た べる to eat the engawa (fin meat) of a flatfish
At this restaurant you can eat fresh engawa (flatfish fin meat).
縁えん 側がわ でお 茶ちゃ を 飲の む to drink tea on the veranda
I look forward to drinking tea on the veranda on summer afternoons.
縁えん 側がわ から 庭にわ を 眺なが める to look at the garden from the veranda
I drank sake while looking at the garden from the veranda.
Kanji 縁 affinity, relation, connection Related words 縁 (えん) is a broader term for edge, rim, or connection; 縁側 (えんがわ) specifically refers to the architectural veranda.
担鰭骨 (たんきこつ) is the formal anatomical term for the bone at the base of a fin; 縁側 (えんがわ) is the common culinary term for the same part, especially in flatfish.
Don't confuse with 縁側 (えんがわ) is the traditional Japanese veranda, while 縁 (ふち) is a general word for the edge or rim of an object, even though they share the same kanji.
縁側 is a traditional Japanese wooden veranda-corridor built at ground level along a house, whereas ベランダ is a modern, often concrete, elevated balcony.
Written forms 縁えん 側がわ Usage 95%
Standard kanji spelling for the veranda sense; also used for the fish sense.
エンガワ Usage 3%
えんがわ Usage 2%
椽えん 側がわ
rarely-used kanji form
Rare kanji form using 椽 (rafter); it is rarely used.
Etymology Compound of 縁 (en, 'edge; veranda') + 側 (gawa, 'side'). The fish sense is a metaphorical extension from the shape resembling a veranda.
