Japanese architecture 日本建築 nihon kenchiku has been typified by wooden structures elevated slightly off the ground with tiled or thatched roofs.
Japanese word for roof.
Japanese words for roof include ルーフ 屋根 天頂 and 天頂点.
The japanese for rooftop is 屋上.
House of the people are vernacular houses constructed in any one of several traditional japanese building styles in the context of the four divisions of society minka were the dwellings of farmers artisans and merchants i e the three non samurai castes this connotation no longer exists in the modern japanese language and any traditional japanese style.
Sliding doors were used in place of walls allowing the internal configuration of a space to be customized for different occasions people usually sat on cushions or otherwise on the floor traditionally.
Learn more in the cambridge english japanese dictionary.