room · tassel

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 房 has 8 strokes, the on-reading ぼう, and the kun-reading ふさ. 房 (ふさ) means a bunch or tassel.
• Basic usage: 房 can name a cluster of grapes or flowers, or an ornament of hanging threads; 一房 (ひとふさ) counts one bunch or cluster.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Counting clusters and describing tassels
  • 葡萄を一房載せた means placed one bunch of grapes on a plate. 花を一房だけ切った limits the amount cut to just one cluster of flowers.
  • 金色の房が揺れている means that a golden tassel sways at the edge of a curtain. Here 房 names a hanging ornament rather than a cluster of fruit or flowers.