shiri　尻
KEY WORD :　architecture / general terms
　
1　The upper end of a roof tile. Also referred to as *kawarajiri 瓦尻. When laying a tile roof, the tiles are set starting at the edge of the eaves *nokisaki 軒先, and moving upward toward the ridge *mune 棟.

2　Shiri in many usages means the bottom or lower part. Therefore, for example, the bottom is called tojiri 斗尻. See *daito 大斗, *masu 斗
　
　
　
*nokimarugawara
軒丸瓦
 　
*nokihiragawara
軒平瓦
*daito 大斗

　
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