床板(ゆかいた)

A compound of 床(ゆか) (floor) and 板(いた) (board, plank). Refers to the individual planks that make up a floor, as opposed to 床材(ゆかざい) which is the more general term for flooring material.

In traditional Japanese architecture, 床板(ゆかいた) is often made of 檜(ひのき) (Japanese cypress) or other domestic woods. Old floorboards that have been polished by generations of use develop a distinctive dark sheen.

Common collocations

• 床板(ゆかいた)がきしむ: the floorboards creak
• 床板(ゆかいた)を張(は)る: to lay floorboards
• 床板(ゆかいた)を張(は)り替(か)える: to replace floorboards
• 床板(ゆかいた)の隙間(すきま): gaps between floorboards

Similar words

• 床材(ゆかざい): flooring material — the broader term for any floor covering material
• 板(いた)の間(ま): wooden-floored room — a room with wooden floors as opposed to tatami
• 縁側(えんがわ): veranda; engawa — the wooden-floored corridor along the edge of a traditional house