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うぐいす張り

うぐいす張り

鶯張り、鴬張り

Reading

Kana: うぐいすばり

Romaji: uguisubari

Kana

Romaji

Definition

1

nightingale (flooring); method of laying floors to deliberately make a noise (like a nightingale's call) when walked across (security feature)

Kanji

張

Readings: チョウ、は.る、 -は.り、 -ば.り

Meanings: lengthen, counter for bows & stringed instruments, stretch, spread, put up (tent)

鶯

Readings: オウ、うぐいす

Meaning: nightingale

鴬