床板(ゆかいた)

ゆかいた
noun
floorboard
1. floorboard; floor plank
An individual board or plank used to construct a wooden floor.
床板(ゆかいた)がきしむ。
The floorboards creak.
古(ふる)い床板(ゆかいた)を張(は)り替(か)える。
To replace old floorboards.
築(ちく)100年(ねん)の古民家(こみんか)の床板(ゆかいた)は黒光(くろびか)りして、長(なが)い歴史(れきし)を感(かん)じさせる。
The floorboards of the 100-year-old traditional house gleam black, giving a sense of long history.

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

Related Words

Related: 床材(ゆかざい) (broader term)
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