This hotel lobby has a large atrium.
Light is coming in through the stairwell.
noun, noun-modifying (irregular)
Technical term for gas or fluid leaking past a seal or piston, or a sudden rupture. Used in engineering and automotive contexts.
When blow-by occurs in the engine, power output drops.
noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
drafty; draughty
Describes a place where wind or air flows through, often uncomfortably. Used attributively with 〜部屋, 〜場所, etc.
This room is drafty and cold.
Standard spelling for all senses.
Variant spelling without okurigana; less common but still used.
Compound of 吹き (fuki, continuative form of 吹く 'to blow') + 抜け (nuke, continuative form of 抜ける 'to pass through'), literally 'blowing through'. The architectural sense derives from the idea of wind or light passing through an open vertical space.