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Architecture
General Terms
A nail made of metal, wood, or bamboo and shaped according to use. Traditionally, metal kugi are square, kakukugi 角釘. However there are a great variety of other kugi: flat nails hirakugi 平釘; double pointed bent nails *aiorekugi 合折釘; double pointed nails *aikugi 合釘; twice bent end *nijū orekugi 二重折釘, a thrice bent nails *inazuma orekugi 稲妻折釘; and a bag hanging nails *fukurokakekugi 袋掛釘.