妻つま入いり

noun

gable-side entrance style

A traditional Japanese architectural term for a building layout where the main entrance is placed on the gable end (the triangular wall under the roof ridge), as opposed to the eave side. Often contrasted with 平入り (hirairi).

See also: 平入り

• この神じん社じゃは妻つま入いりの様よう式しきで建たてられている。

  This shrine is built in the tsumairi style, with the entrance on the gable side.

• 妻つま入いりと平ひら入いりの違ちがいは、屋や根ねのどちら側がわに入いり口ぐちがあるかです。

  The difference between tsumairi and hirairi is which side of the roof the entrance is on.