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- [軒] eaves[通例複数扱い] (家の)軒, ひさし.▲The streets were lined with shops. 通りには店が軒を連ねていた.軒
eaves* * *のき【軒】eaves[通例複数扱い] (家の)軒, ひさし.▲The streets were lined with shops. 通りには店が軒を連ねていた.
* * *のき【軒】the eaves 《of…》.●軒伝いに along the eaves
・軒から落ちる雨だれ (rain)drops falling from the eaves.
●軒を並べる[争う, 連ねる] stand side by side; stand in a row
・ちょっと軒をお借りします. I'm just sheltering (from the rain) under the eaves (of your house) | 〔場所を〕 I'm just taking shelter here.
●軒では雀がさえずっていた. There were sparrows twittering in [among, along] the eaves.
軒ちょうちん a lantern (hung) under the eaves.
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.