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engawa
[ eng-gah-wah ]
noun
- a floor extension at one side of a Japanese-style house, usually facing a yard or garden and serving as passageway and sitting space.
Word History and Origins
Origin of engawa1
Example Sentences
The outdoor area is essentially another series of rooms, with a lounge area with a fire pit; a covered patio with a ceiling fan for hot Los Angeles summers; and a slightly raised boardwalk inspired by the Japanese engawa, a type of veranda that serves as a passageway.
The outdoor area is essentially another series of rooms, with a lounge area with a fire pit; a covered patio with a ceiling fan for hot Los Angeles summers; and a slightly raised boardwalk inspired by the Japanese engawa, a type of veranda that serves as a passageway.
The house was square, with a narrow, covered engawa wrapped around it.
Engawa is a fluke’s dense and chewy outer perimeter, the muscular edge that sends the rest of the fish fluttering along the ocean floor.
Also available that day was engawa, a cut of summer flounder taken from the fringes of the fillet, and presented in Osakana’s display case in clean, tight coils. Engawa, too, is a delicacy in Japan, sometimes more esteemed than bluefin toro.
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