SuGoiSuす語彙す茅
茅: thatching grass
thatching grass; cogon
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Kunかや・ちがや
かや in 茅葺き (thatched roof); ぼう in literary 茅屋 (humble cottage). Alone, 茅 can also be ちがや, cogon grass.
Key words
茅葺きかやぶきthatched roof
茅かやthatching grass
茅屋ぼうおくthatched cottage
茅の輪ちのわcogon-grass ring (purification)
Example sentences
山あいの村に、茅葺きの古い家が残っている。
In the mountain village, an old thatched-roof house still stands.
彼は山奥の茅屋で、静かに暮らしていた。
He lived quietly in a humble thatched cottage deep in the mountains.
夏越の祓では、神社の茅の輪をくぐる。
At the summer purification rite, people pass through the cogon-grass ring at the shrine.