合掌造り

Japanese

Kanji in this term
合	掌	造
がっ Grade: 2	しょう Grade: S	つく > づく Grade: 5

A house with gasshōzukuri architecture in Shirakawa, Gifu Prefecture, Japan

Etymology

From 合掌 (がっしょう, “praying hands”) + 造り (つくり, “construction”), continuative form of the verb 造る (つくる, “to make; to construct”).

Noun

合(がっ)掌(しょう)造(づく)り • (gasshōzukuri) 

1. (architecture) a thatched roof with high, steep rafters
2. traditional architecture featuring such roofs