のき

eaves

Also:narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building

What does mean?

is a Japanese noun meaning eaves in English. It can also be translated as narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building depending on context. It is written as in kanji, のき in hiragana, and noki in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N3 vocabulary.

Example sentence

彼女は鳥かごをからつるした。

She hung the cage from the eaves.