Mosquito net - Kaya

…A hanging net used in bedrooms to protect against mosquitoes. It is also written as mosquito house. Currently, it is written as mosquito net and pronounced as kaya, but originally it was a Chinese word pronounced as buncho. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "mosquito house" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…蚊を防ぐため寝室などにつる覆い帳。蚊屋とも書く。現在では蚊帳と書いて〈かや〉と読んでいるが，本来は〈ぶんちょう〉と読む漢語である。…

※「蚊屋」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典｜株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第２版について | 情報