Engawa (縁側 or 掾側?) refers to the typically wooden strip of flooring immediately before windows and storm shutters inside traditional Japanese rooms.1 Recently this term has also come to mean the veranda outside of the room as well, which was traditionally referred to as a nure'en (濡れ縁?).2
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- ^ "En (縁?)". Daijisen (大辞泉?). (1995). Shogakukan (小学館 shougakukan?). Retrieved on 2008-07-20.
- ^ "Engawa". Retrieved on 2008-07-20.
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