蝸か廬ろ

noun

my humble home; little house

Humble self-deprecating term for one's own home, likening it to a snail's shell. Used in formal or literary contexts.

• どうぞ、蝸か廬ろへお越こしください。

  Please come visit my humble home.

noun

snail shell

Original literal meaning; now largely obsolete outside of classical or poetic contexts.

• 古こ詩しに「蝸か廬ろ」を詠よんだものがある。

  There are old poems that sing of the 'snail shell'.