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    3. 縁側

    縁側

    縁えん側がわ

    engawa

    N1KMT10News #32+1CoreNounHome & HousingKanji Vocab26 strokes

    椽側

    えんがわ

    Noun

    1.
    engawa, external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses
    2.
    bone at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish), meat at the base of a fin

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    おばあちゃんの家いえには広ひろい縁えん側がわがあります。

    My grandmother's house has a wide engawa.

    KMT5Home & HousingFamily & Relationships
    縁えん側がわの下したに猫ねこが隠かくれていて、時とき々どき顔かおを出だす。

    A cat is hiding under the engawa and sometimes peeks out.

    KMT8Home & HousingAnimals
    夏なつの夕ゆう暮ぐれ時どき、縁えん側がわで涼すずむのは最さい高こうの贅ぜい沢たくだ。

    Cooling off on the engawa during a summer evening is the ultimate luxury.

    KMT9Home & HousingDaily LifeNature & Environment
    縁えん側がわで日ひな向たぼっこをするのが好すきです。

    I like sunbathing on the engawa.

    KMT10Home & HousingDaily Life
    伝でん統とう的てきな日に本ほん家か屋おくでは、縁えん側がわが内うちと外そとを繋つなぐ重じゅう要ような空くう間かんでした。

    In traditional Japanese houses, the engawa was an important space connecting the inside and outside.

    KMT10Home & HousingCulture & Traditions

    Kanji that make up this word

    縁
    ふち・ふち.どる・ゆかり・よすが・へり・えにし…(2)
    affinity・relation・connection・edge・border…(2)
    側
    かわ・がわ・そば…(1)
    side・lean・oppose・regret
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