平ひら入いり

noun

hirayiri style; entrance on the side parallel to the ridge

In traditional Japanese architecture, a building layout where the main entrance is on the side that runs parallel to the roof ridge. Contrasts with 妻入り (tsumairi), where the entrance is on the gable side.

See also: 妻入り

• この古ふるい町まち家やは平ひら入いりで、通とおりに面めんして入いり口ぐちがある。

  This old townhouse is in the hirayiri style, with its entrance facing the street.

• 平ひら入いりと妻つま入いりの違ちがいは、屋や根ねの棟むねに対たいする入いり口ぐちの向むきで決きまる。

  The difference between hirayiri and tsumairi is determined by the orientation of the entrance relative to the roof ridge.