Word Meaning

むね mune

棟 is read as むね (mune) and means back of a sword.

Meaning

English

  1. back of a sword
  2. counter for buildings, apartments, etc.
  3. ridge (of roof)

Reading

Kana

むね

Romaji

mune

Stroke Sequence

1 Characters • 12 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Rank 5820 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

別棟

べっとう

separate building

病棟

びょうとう

(hospital) ward

上棟

じょうとう

raising the ridgepole

棟梁

とうりょう

beams and ridge supports of a roof

Example Sentences

10

ふるいいえのむねがたかくみえる。

The ridge of the old house looks high.

だいくがむねにもくざいをあげた。

The carpenter lifted the timber up to the ridgepole.

あのむらにはかやぶきのいえがさんむねある。

There are three thatched houses in that village.

あたらしいこうしゃはにむねたった。

Two new school buildings were built.

そうこがひとむねだけのこっている。

Only one warehouse building remains.

やまのうえにしろいいえがひとむねみえる。

A single white house can be seen on the mountain.

てらにはほんどうのほかにちいさなたてものがにむねある。

Besides the main hall, the temple has two small buildings.

たいふうでむねのかわらがおちた。

Tiles on the ridge fell in the typhoon.

このびょういんはとうざいににむねずつある。

This hospital has two buildings each on the east and west sides.

My father is a master builder.