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thatch; thatched roof
A roof covered with bundled reeds, straw, or miscanthus grass, traditional on old Japanese farmhouses and shrines.
茅葺きの家。
A thatched house.
この村には茅葺き屋根の民家が残っている。
Thatched-roof houses still remain in this village.
茅葺き屋根は数十年ごとに葺き替える必要がある。
A thatched roof needs to be re-thatched every few decades.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 茅葺き屋根: a thatched roof
- 茅葺きの民家: a thatched-roof farmhouse
CULTURAL CONTEXT:
Thatched roofs are emblematic of traditional rural Japan; famous examples survive in the gasshō-style villages of Shirakawa-gō. The kanji 茅 refers to the miscanthus and reed grasses used for thatching, and 葺く means to roof or thatch.