A outer veranda constructed a step lower than the adjacent floor. It may also be constructed one step lower than a broad veranda *hiro-en 広縁. If another narrow veranda is constructed one step lower than the ochi-en, it is called *nure-en 濡縁.
Tōfukuji Fumon-in 東福寺普門院 (Kyoto)
a) *hiro-en 広縁 b) ochi-en 落縁
Myōshinji Daihōjō 妙心寺大方丈 (Kyoto)