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

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

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

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN