hofunとは 意味・読み方・使い方

After the keyhole-shaped mounds were no longer built, mound construction would continue from the seventh century onward; but with other forms of tumulus built shapes: the square tumulus [(方墳) "hofun" in Japanese], circular tumulus [(円墳) "empun" in Japanese], and octagonal tumulus [(八角墳) "hakkakufun" in Japanese].発音を聞く 例文帳に追加

前方後円墳が造られなくなった7世紀には、方墳・円墳、八角墳などが造り続けられる。 - Wikipedia日英京都関連文書対訳コーパス

It's also used to indicate a room or a construction of that size, 'ho' meaning a square (for example, hofun (square tumulus) and seihokei (square)), and having the length of 'jo.'発音を聞く 例文帳に追加

またその広さの部屋や建物の事で、「方」には四角形の意味（ex.方墳、正方形）が在り、「丈」の長さをもつ「方」ということ。 - Wikipedia日英京都関連文書対訳コーパス