数寄屋造り

数寄屋造り

Japanese

Kanji in this term
数	寄	屋	造
す Grade: 2	き Grade: 5	や Grade: 3	つく > づく Grade: 5

Etymology

From 数寄屋 (sukiya, “tea-ceremony arbor”) +‎ 造り (tsukuri, “making, producing, manufacturing”). The tsukuri reading for 造り changes to zukuri as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sɨᵝkʲija̠zɨᵝkɯ̟ᵝɾʲi]

Noun

数寄屋造り (hiragana すきやづくり, rōmaji sukiya-zukuri)

1. (architecture) A type of Japanese domestic architectural style.