屋根裏

Japanese

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

Etymology

From 屋根(やね) (yane, “roof”) + 裏(うら) (ura, “bottom”).

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi

(Tokyo) やねうら [yànéúrá] (Heiban – [0])[1][2][3]
IPA^(key): [ja̠ne̞ɯ̟ᵝɾa̠]

Noun

屋(や)根(ね)裏(うら) • (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, 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)
屋(や)根(ね)裏(うら)部(べ)屋(や) (yaneura beya)

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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