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Old Jan 9, 2012, 12:33 PM
Snjóúlfur Snjóúlfur is offline
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Originally Posted by dancey View Post
The Bird-Shaped Roof one is up in the air. The kanji means "triangle/triangle" + "roof" + of + "domestic chicken" + "decoration", so I think both are an accurate description. Is triangular necessary? Probably not in the Western world, where triangular roofs are the norm. You could arguably replace "Bird-shaped Vane" with "Weather Vane", although it loses some of it's context.
Weathercock on a Gable Roof
describes what you're going for, though haven't seen the japanese
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