The typical structure of a yosemune-zukuri roof has four sloping faces which consist of two triangle-shape roofs at "tsumagawa" (the side vertical to the omune) and two trapezoid-shape roofs at "hiragawa" (the side parallel to the omune).
典型的な構成の寄棟造の屋根は、4方向に勾配を持ち、長方形の平面で妻側の三角形の屋根と平側の台形の屋根からなる。