棟むね割わり長なが屋や

noun

terraced row house; partitioned tenement

Historical term for a long, single-story building divided into multiple dwellings, common in the Edo period. Each unit was a narrow, one-room living space.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいには、庶しょ民みんは棟むね割わり長なが屋やに住すんでいた。

  In the Edo period, commoners lived in terraced row houses.

• この資し料りょう館かんでは、棟むね割わり長なが屋やの模も型けいを見みることができる。

  At this museum, you can see a model of a partitioned tenement.