住めば都

雨戸 (amado) - shutter

雨樋 (amadoi) - rain gutter

断熱 (dannetsu) - insulation

風水 (fuusui) - Feng Shui

外観 (gaikan) - exterior appearance

下水 (gesui) - sewage

柱と梁 (hashira to hari) - post-and-beam

桧 (hinoki) - Japanese cypress

囲炉裏 (irori) - hearth usually set in the floor of a traditional Japanese house

地鎮祭 (jichinsai) - a groundbreaking ceremony performed by a Shinto priest before construction begins

重厚な (juukou na) - massive, heavy, stately, substantial

住宅展示場 (juutaku tenjijou) - model home showroom

壁 (kabe) - wall, partition

乾式壁 (kanshiki kabe) - drywall

瓦 (kawara) - tiles used in traditional Japanese housing

建築家 (kenchikuka) - architect

健ペイ率 (kenpei ritsu) - building coverage, building-to-land ratio

検査 (kensa) - inspection

建設 (kensetsu) - construction, building

建材 (kenzai) - building material

切妻屋根 (kirizuma yane) - gabled roof

鏝 (kote) - trowel; used, I believe, in the context of spreading the plaster siding of a house with a trowel, creating a fan-like pattern (more research nec.)

工房 (koubou) - studio, workshop, atelier

工芸家 (kougeika) - craftsperson, artisan

工務店 (koumuten) - builder, building contractor

古材 (kozai) - material taken from old structures and re-used

蔵戸 (kurado) - storehouse door (?)

間取り (madori) - room layout, floor plan

民家 (minka) - folk dwelling, tradition Japanese house from premodern and older times

水廻り (mizumawari) - the “wet” areas of a house (eg. kitchen, bath, toilet)

モジュール構造 (mojuuru kouzou) - modular construction

木目 (mokume) - wood grain

木造 (mokuzou) - houses made predominantly of timber

二世帯住宅 (nisetai juutaku) - duplex, two-family home

鬼瓦 (onigawara) - decorative roof tiles found at the edges of a roof

プレハブ住宅 (purehabu juutaku) - prefabricated house

欄間 (ranma) - transom (example)

冷暖房空調設備 (reidanbou kuchou setsubi) - HVAC (heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning)

設計 (sekkei) - design, layout

漆喰 (shikkui) - mortar, plaster, stucco

下請け (shitauke) - subcontractor

職人 (shokunin) - artisan, craftsman

障子 (shouji) - generic name for partition

書斎 (shosai) - study, office, library

収納 (shuunou) - storage

簾 (sudare) - blinds made out of slender bamboo (and other material) strips

建具 (tategu) - fixtures

天井 (tenjou) - ceiling

土地 (tochi) - land, plot

床の間 (tokonoma) - alcove

坪 (tsubo) - area of land measurement in Japan, roughly equivalent to 3.31 square meters, or 182cm x 182cm

妻飾り (tsuma kazari) - those wrought iron bars one often sees on houses in the gable area (pictured here)

和風 (wafuu) - Japanese style

浴槽 (yokusou) - bath, bathtub

容積率 (yousekiritsu) - plot ratio, floor space index, ratio of building volume to lot

融資 (yuushi) - financing, loan

在来 (zairai) - usual, conventional