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    3. 土塀

    土塀

    土ど塀べい

    mud wall

    KMT10News #43+1Ref L2NounHome & HousingKanji Vocab15 strokes

    どべい

    Noun

    1.
    mud wall, earthen wall, plaster wall

    Stroke 0 / 15

    Speed1.0x

    その家いえには古ふるい土ど塀べいがありました。

    There was an old mud wall at that house.

    KMT6Home & Housing
    庭にわを囲かこむ土ど塀べいが、趣おもむきのある景けい観かんを作つくり出だしている。

    The earthen wall surrounding the garden creates a tasteful landscape.

    KMT9Home & HousingArt & Design
    昔むかしの日に本ほんの家か屋おくは、土ど塀べいで囲かこまれていることが多おおかった。

    Old Japanese houses were often surrounded by earthen walls.

    KMT10Home & HousingHistory
    土ど塀べいは、防ぼう火か性せいや断だん熱ねつ性せいに優すぐれており、日に本ほんの伝でん統とう建けん築ちくに用もちいられてきた。

    Earthen walls excel in fire resistance and insulation, and have been used in traditional Japanese architecture.

    KMT10Home & HousingCulture & TraditionsScience & Math
    京きょう都との古ふるい町まち並なみには、美うつくしい土ど塀べいが今いまも残のこっている。

    Beautiful earthen walls still remain in the old townscapes of Kyoto.

    KMT10Culture & TraditionsTravel & Transportation

    Kanji that make up this word

    土
    つち…(5)
    soil・earth・ground・Turkey
    塀
    fence・wall・(kokuji)
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