屋根裏

Japanese

Kanji in this term
屋	根	裏
や Grade: 3	ね Grade: 3	うら Grade: 6
kun’yomi

Etymology

屋根 (yane, “roof”) +‎ 裏 (ura, “bottom”)

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) やねうら [yànéúrá] (Heiban – [0])
- IPA^(key): [ja̠ne̞ɯ̟ᵝɾa̠]

Noun

屋根裏 (hiragana やねうら, rōmaji yaneura)

an attic
- 1999 May 25, “屋や根ね裏うらの物ものの怪け [Attic Specter]”, in BOOSTER 2 (in Japanese), Konami:
  どの家 (いえ)の屋 (や)根 (ね)裏 (うら)にも潜 (ひそ)んでいるもののけ。特 (とく)にわるさはしない。
  Dono ie no yaneura ni mo hisondeiru mono no ke. Toku ni warusa wa shinai.
  A specter that might be lurking in just about any attic. It does not mean any harm, though.

Synonyms

天 (てん)井 (じょう)裏 (うら) (tenjōura)

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