切きり窓まど

noun

hole cut in a wall or panel to let in light

Refers to an opening cut into a wall, partition, or paneling, often for light or ventilation. Common in traditional Japanese architecture.

• 古ふるい家いえの壁かべに切きり窓まどが設もうけられていた。

  A hole had been cut in the wall of the old house to let in light.

• 茶ちゃ室しつの切きり窓まどから柔やわらかな光ひかりが差さし込こむ。

  Soft light streams in through the small window cut into the tea room.