shingles; roofing boards
Refers to thin wooden boards used for roofing, often in traditional Japanese architecture.
The roof of the old house uses shingles.
Standard kanji spelling for roofing shingles.
Simplified spelling using kana for the first character; less common but understandable.
Compound of 葺き (fuki, 'roofing, thatching') + 板 (ita, 'board'). The exact historical derivation is straightforward.