Meanings
Suffix
1. 屋号を構成する。
2. 商売や職業を表す。
3. ある傾向が強い人を表す。
4. あることを専門にしていることを、軽侮又は謙遜して用いる。
Pitch accent
Used in vocabulary (402 in total)
residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion
furniture store; furniture dealer
mansion; palace; (arch.) nobleman; (arch.) noblewoman; (arch.) cabin (on a boat, carriage, etc.)
① 小さな家。② 家畜などを入れておく小さな建物。③ 芝居などを催すための建物。④ 平安時代の、衛府の役人の詰め所。⑤ 江戸時代の、城中や藩士の家にあった下級藩士の住居。⑥ 天井と屋根の間。
bedroom (esp. one used by a married couple); sleeping quarters; inner room; room at the back of the house
① 建物の上部を覆う構造物で、雨や雪、強風や強い日差し、気温の変化、工場の煤煙や大気中の粉塵を防ぐもの。② 物の上部をおおうもの。③ 非常に高いところにあるもの。
① 荒れ果てた家。自宅をへりくだって言う場合にも用いる。② あずまや。
① 蕎麦や饂飩などの麺類を食べさせる店。その料理人。
① 住むためなどのために借りる家。
store that has been gone out of business; household that lives without carrying on a business
public bathhouse; building with a bath (esp. in a shrine or temple)
perfectionist; enthusiast; zealot
greengrocer; fruit and vegetable shop
wholesale store; wholesale dealer; wholesaler
① 海産物を売る店。海産物を売る人。
sedan chair bearer; palanquin bearer; sedan chair business
① 雅楽を演奏する場所。② 能楽・芝居などで、舞台の背後にある席。役者が休息したり衣装を着たりする所。③ 内情。内幕。
store; shop
rush-thatched house
candy shop; candy maker
① 氷を作って売る店。② 氷を売る人; 氷の作り手。③ 氷水などの飲料を売る店。氷水などの飲料を売る人。氷水屋。氷店。
ragman; garbage man
① 複数の住戸などが連続してつながって一つの建物となっているもののこと。集合住宅の一種。
chandler; candlemaker
shingle roof; house with a shingle roof
① 人の住んでいない家屋。あきいえ。くうおく。
① 酒を飲ませることを目的とした小さな店
easygoing person
① 仮に作った家。② 御旅所。③ 昔、女性が月経・出産の際に籠った小屋。
teahouse; (Edo period) rest stop; (geisha) teahouse; establishment where patrons are entertained by geisha; tea house (that sells tea); tea dealer
row of houses; each house; every house; every door
thatched cottage; hovel; my humble cottage
cowshed; cow farmer; restaurant specializing in beef dishes; store (butcher, etc.) that sells beef
rattling of a house
① 自分の家。
① 錠前や鍵を作って売る店。錠前師。② 錠前や鍵を売る人; 錠前や鍵の作り手。錠前師。③ 鍵を使わずに開錠を行う店。その職人。鍵師。④ 花火屋の屋号。
small room; closet; cubicle; booth; stall
① 薬を売る店。薬を売る人。「薬局」などと比べて平俗で親しみやすいニュアンスがある。② 製薬会社およびその社員。多くはなかば自嘲的、揶揄的に言う。③ ろくに診察をしないまま安易に薬を処方しようとする医者を指す蔑称。
bakery; baker; pastry shop
① 江戸時代、庶民の子弟に読み書き・そろばん等の初等教育を行った施設。
① 果物を売る店。果物を売る人。水菓子屋。
general store
double room; room shared by two people; shared room
postman; mailman; letter carrier; mail carrier
barber; barbershop; barber shop
① 建物の用益の対価としての賃料。
① 祭りの際に精進潔斎のため籠る場所。神輿の御旅所となる仮屋。
① 祭りが行われている場所の周辺の広場などに露店を開く商人。特になわばりをもつ集団を指す。香具師とも。
landlord; landlady
arbor; arbour; bower; summer house; square gazebo
available room (hotel); vacancy; room to let
lonely person; someone who easily succumbs to loneliness
tea-ceremony arbor; tea-ceremony arbour
① 竹や竹細工、竹工芸品などの竹製品を売る店。竹や竹細工、竹工芸品などの竹製品を売る人。② 竹で作った家。③ 屋号のひとつ。
take-out (food)
shed; shelter; terminal (e.g. cargo, airport, etc.); temporary covering of a building being built
① 嬰児の足、または歩行を指していう言葉。
person who gathers night soil
cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a house, etc.)
① 依頼人から報酬をもらい、殺人を請け負う職業。暗殺者。
① 罪人を監禁する施設。牢屋、牢獄。② 判決。裁判。
① 肉を売る店。肉を売る人。
sushi shop; sushi restaurant; sushi bar
attic; garret; loft
tailor's (shop); dressmaker's shop; tailor; dressmaker
① 住む人のためなどに貸す家。② 賃貸借されている建物。
① 生活に必要な様々な日用品を売っている店。雑貨屋。何でも屋。② 物事に広く通じ何でも一通り知っている人。何でも一通りできる人。何でも屋。
painter (of buildings, etc.)
dumpling store; dumpling seller
room for female servants; room where there are women; jail for women
traditional Japanese band of sandwich board advertisers
arrogant person; overbearing person; self-important person; braggart; boaster
bookstore; bookshop; publisher; main building
main building (of a manor); central room (of a house)
hidden room; secret chamber
child's room; nursery
large room; green room; waiting room for performers when off stage; junior actor; actor of small parts; large hospital room (for several patients)
① 蚊等の害虫を防ぐため、長押・鴨居などから吊るし、主に寝床を覆う網状の帳。
① 麻薬・盗品・密輸品などを密かに運搬する者。
shy; a very shy person
① 簡単な食事を食べさせたり、軽く酒を飲ませたりする簡易な食堂。
① 簡単な食事を食べさせたり、軽く酒を飲ませたりする簡易な食堂。
sharing a room; dormitory room; match between wrestlers from the same stable
① 靴を作る人。靴を修理する人。靴を売る人。② 靴を作ったり、修理したり、売ったりする店。
tobacconist
small attached annex; lean-to
(geisha) teahouse; establishment where patrons are entertained by geisha
electric appliance store; electrician
farmer's home
someone who battles on in difficult circumstances
okonomiyaki restaurant
two-storey house; two-story house
newspaper reporter
sweet potato shop; sweet potato seller
house for sale
clog shop; geta shop
room in Edo castle where the shogun's council of elders attended to governmental affairs
① 宿泊料を受けて、人を宿泊させる施設又はそのような営業。
① 家の中。② 家族。③ 特に妻のことを言う。
① 人目を避けて隠れている家・場所。
① 捕らえた罪人を収容する建物。
stable; barn
① 鍛冶を業とする職人。
detached house; single house; single building; isolated house; house in isolated location
cavern; grotto
① 家の主人。② 貸家の大家。
ramen restaurant; noodle restaurant
secondhand bookshop; secondhand bookstore; secondhand bookseller
small-time candy store
real estate agent; realtor
cake shop; pastry shop
① 「料理店」に同じ。
① 衣類の仕立てを行う職人、店。
second-hand shop; curio shop
① 金銭を貸し付ける担保として物を預ることを業として行う者。または、その店。
funeral parlor (parlour); funeral home; undertaker's; undertaker; mortician; funeral director
single room; own room
handyman; utility man; odd-job man
townhouse (i.e. house in the middle of a town); traditional townhouse; tradesman's house (esp. a home with a shop in front); merchant's house; merchant's family
barbershop; barber shop; barber
bungalow; one-story house
① 湯銭を取り人々に入浴させる浴場。それを業とする人。銭湯。湯屋。公衆浴場。② 風呂の設備や道具を売る店。③ 風呂桶がある部屋。浴室。湯殿。浴場。
restaurant with only set meals
village headman (esp. in the Kansai region)
toy shop
second hand clothes shop; somebody who sells second hand clothes
① 米を売る店。米を売る人。米穀商。
souvenir store; gift shop
① 店の名。店名。② 歌舞伎における家の称号。
Japanese-style confectionary store
moody person
tofu seller (maker)
① 植木を売る店。② 植木の栽培、手入れ、造園などをする職人。植木職。
encampment
tobacconist
lunch vendor
kimono fabrics shop; draper
① ふるいえ。
ironist; sarcastic person; sharp tongue; satirist
forwarding agency; express company
small attached annex; lean-to
small attached annex; lean-to
confectionery shop; candy store; sweet shop
watch store; watch dealer
hat shop; hat store; hatter; hatmaker
photo studio; photographer; camera shop; photography supplies shop; photo processing shop; photo finishing shop
pachinko parlor; pachinko hall
pachinko parlor; pachinko hall
corner room
lodging house
small restaurant; eating house
walk-in closet; wardrobe room; dressing room; costume room
secondhand store
cleaner; janitor; (arch.) night soil gatherer
storage room; store room; lumber room
engineer; technician
rental library
cleaner; dry-cleaner's
eatery; restaurant
① もちいえ。
laundry; laundromat; launderette
stationery shop; a stationer
easygoing person
every man knows his own business best; one should go to specialists for the best results; (lit.) for rice cakes, (go to) the rice cake shop
antique store
sentry box; guardhouse; guard lodge; (Edo period) police box
paper store; paper merchant; paper seller; papermaking; papermaker
yakiniku restaurant
oden vendor
newspaper stand; newspaper seller; paper carrier; newspaper reporter
lumber dealer
stone dealer
hardware store or dealer
pizzeria; pizza parlor (parlour); pizza place
ragman; junkman; garbage man
demolition contractor; wrecker; scrapyard; junkyard; auto wrecker
① 賭博などで、一つの機会に勝負を賭ける人。② 野球で、ホームランを狙う打者。③ 歌手などで、一つだけ大きくヒットした作品を持つ人。芸人などで、一時的に大きく売れた人。④ スクープ写真を狙うカメラマン。⑤ 非合法に営業している性風俗店。ちょんの間。
adjoining rooms
structure for housing heavy machinery
employment agency
① 桶を作って売る店。② 桶を売る人; 桶の作り手。
removalist; mover
① 祭りが行われている場所の周辺の広場などに露店を開く商人。特になわばりをもつ集団を指す。香具師とも。
politician (esp. one who works only for their own personal gain)
repair workshop; garage; repairman
inn; tavern; Edo period lodging for travellers
warmonger; warmaker
① 宝玉を作って売る店。たますり。② 宝玉を売る人; 宝玉の作り手。たますり。③ 江戸時代にシャボン玉を売り歩く人。④ 花火屋の屋号。
karaoke club (bar)
haberdashery; sundries store
land shark; land speculator
eel restaurant
shooting gallery
grocery store; dealer in dried goods
small car dealership; auto repair shop selling cars; wheelwright; cartwright; rickshawman; rickshaw station
bicycle shop; bicycle dealer
trader who provides cash to debtors by getting them to make expensive credit card purchases and then buying the purchases at a fraction of the price
purificatory font at shrines and temples; kitchen; cupboard; room adjacent to a tea ceremony room, where utensils are washed; vendor of drinking water; building for taking refuge during a flood
① 自動車やオートバイ等で走り回り、無許可で危険な競走などを行い周囲に迷惑を与える集団。
① 油を作って売る店。② 油を売る人; 油の作り手。③ 子供用の胸当てがある前掛け。
dairy; milkman
debt collector; bill collector; repo man
① 株式会社の株主となり、株主総会において長時間の質問や役員・従業員に対する名誉毀損的な言動により議事妨害を行う旨を会社に行い、それを行わないことで金銭他経済的利益を得ようとする者。また、それらの行動を阻止することを約し、議事進行に協力することにより、会社より金銭等を受け取る者もおり、会社に敵対する者を野党総会屋と呼ぶのに対し、これらの者を与党総会屋と呼ぶ。会社法他法令により、これらの行為は違法とされている。
① 予想などが当たって利益を得ることがうまい人のこと。② 野球などで打撃の調子がよくて、安打が続いている打者のこと。③ わざと車などにぶつかって、賠償の金銭などを求める人のこと。
bird dealer; poulterer
rice cake shop keeper; rice cake store (shop)
optician
scrap dealer; junk shop; junkman; electronics dealer
rooftop structure, e.g. tower, elevator machine room, etc.
bookmaker; taker of bets; ringman; bookie
variety store
waiting room; duty room; standby room
thrifty person
newspaper reporter
geisha house
plasterer
dressing room
stockbroker
① 畳を作って売る店。② 畳を売る人; 畳の作り手。③ 現場に赴いて、畳表を新しく取り替えるなどの作業をする職人。
one house; the same house; detached house
fixer; dispute resolution specialist
detached building; solitary house
insurance man
glazier; glass shop
tent; tabernacle; small curtain-enclosed area (off a stage); Makuya (Original Gospel Movement of Japan)
loan shark who specializes in refinancing debts
room for menservants
delicatessen; deli
public bathhouse
farm house; country cottage
reseller; scalper
box maker; man who carries a geisha's shamisen
① 粉を作って売る店。② 粉を売る人; 粉の作り手。
goldfish seller (vendor)
souvenir shop
drinking establishment where one drinks while standing
wrestlers from the same stable
high-class Edo-period pleasure house (where outside prostitutes were hired to entertained guests)
general (civil engineering and construction) contractor
run-down shabby house; (arch.) rag and scrap merchant
video store
snob; affected person
person who tends to find things bothersome; person who doesn't like to make an effort
person who tends to find things bothersome; person who doesn't like to make an effort
money-exchange shop
thatched hut
receiver's shop; pawnshop which knowingly buys stolen goods
person who tends to find things bothersome; person who doesn't like to make an effort
brushmaker (calligraphy); brush seller
obstinate person; blockhead
record shop
bossy person; self-appointed manager; bossyboots
simple and inexpensive restaurant; diner
① 仕出しを行う家、料理店、料理人。
sweet potato shop; sweet potato seller
① 染め物を染めて売る店。② 染め物を売る人; 染め物の職人。染め物師
quibbler
joiner; carpenter; cabinetmaker
commuter train packer
notary public; scribe; amanuensis
publishing house
shop selling picture books, wood prints, etc.
different room; another room; separate rooms
camera shop; camera store
butcher specializing in beef; dealer in beef; beef-hotpot restaurant
bashful person; very shy person
weaver
jack-of-all-trades; all-rounder; generalist; general merchant; general store
black marketeer; black market trader
chandler; candlemaker
bedroom; sleeping room
scalper; ticket tout
scalper; ticket tout
① 周旋する人、または家。当事者同士の間に立ち、売買や雇用の話がまとまるよう取り計らう人、または家。
① 捕らえた罪人を収容する建物。
apothecary; druggist; chemist; pharmacy; drugstore
seller of high-quality sake; (Meiji or Taisho era) brothel
tipster (in horse racing, etc.); dopester; tout
pet store
① 屋根葺きを業とする職人。
store selling boiled vegetables, fish, and beans
scroll mounter; picture framer
① 瓦葺の屋根、その家。② 瓦を作って売る店。③ 瓦を売る人; 瓦の作り手。④ 瓦を焼く窯。その場所、建物。瓦窯。
office worker; clerk
cowshed; cow farmer; restaurant specializing in beef dishes; store (butcher, etc.) that sells beef
lavatory; dressing room
umbrella shop
① 死者の霊を祀る建物。みたまや。おたまや。② 葬送の前に遺体を納める場所。たまどの。③ 墓の上に置く屋形。
sign maker
a tinker; tinkerer
person who sells left-over gifts received by the shogun or daimyo, etc. (Edo period)
fastidious person; fussy person; faultfinder; nitpicker; stickler
rag-picker
fabric store; draper; dry-goods store
① 好意的な意味で、消費を少なくするよう努める人。② 悪意を込めた意味で、消費を少なくするよう努める人。
basket maker
mausoleum
bookmaker; bookie; trader performing (stock market) bucketing; bucket shop
bookmaker; bookie; trader performing (stock market) bucketing; bucket shop
brothel; bordello; whorehouse; cathouse
house located on a street corner; corner house
bookbinder
steak house
dry-goods store
superstitious person; practical joker; peddler; itinerant salesman
tile-roofed house
fly-by-night arranger; person who helps others flee creditors
pickle store; pickle shop; pickle dealer
expulsion room; banishment room; boredom room; rooms where employees who cannot be fired are sent to encourage resignation
pachinko parlor
side house (to the east, west, or north of a main residence; home to women, children and servants)
arrogant person; overbearing person; self-important person; braggart; boaster
croquette vendor
person who lives an extravagant lifestyle
① 野菜や果物を売る店。
mahjong parlour; mahjong parlor
concession hunter; profiteer
① 饂飩を食べさせる店。その料理人。
scoop-getting freelance journalist
freeloader; scrounger; sponger; mooch
chanko restaurant
shop that handles Western goods (esp. Western-style apparel and accessories)
ticket reseller; shop where one can buy and sell gift certificates, coupons, travel and concert tickets, etc.
sheet metal worker
yarn seller
hut where a fire was kept to keep deer, wild boars, etc. away from fields; hut where a mosquito-repelling fire was kept
hut where a fire was kept to keep deer, wild boars, etc. away from fields; hut where a mosquito-repelling fire was kept
beef-hotpot restaurant
beauty salon; hair dresser
person who is hard to please; grouch; complainer; whiner
kimono shop; kimono store
town crier
① 掛け軸や額を作ったり、襖や屏風の表装を業とする職人、店。
miser; grasping fellow
moody person; temperamental person; fickle person
posthouse; station; post station
house; building
someone who feels the cold; someone sensitive to cold
alley house; rear tenement; slum
labor camp; labour camp; low-quality accommodation for laborers
a printer's; a printer
someone who feels the cold; someone sensitive to cold
home in which a woman stays during her period (or while giving birth); period; menstruation; menses
moody person; temperamental person; fickle person
one skilled at obtaining publicity
sophist; quibbler
ornate hairpin store
cylindrical box shop
snoop; meddler; nosey parker; buttinsky; kibbitzer
servants' quarters; room for servants
hanafuda maker; Nintendo
tightwad; miser
a prim person
maternity room; delivery room
promoter
show-off; limelighter; attention seeker
lacquer shop; lacquerer
people or companies that forcefully and illegally expel defaulting tenants from their lodgings
① 売春婦などを抱え置いて、密かに客を呼ぶ料理屋・茶屋・旅館など。売春宿、私娼窟。
fashionable person; dandy; flashy dresser; fop
illegal bookie; unlicensed bookmaker
long hitter (golf, baseball, etc.); fast driver
professional relationship ender
grump; heat merchant
dilapidated house; tumbledown house; hovel; miserable shack
restaurant specializing in fried beef or pork offal
dry-goods store
ragman; garbage man; garbage collector
confidence man; con man; company (or person) carrying out credit fraud
confidence man; con man; company (or person) carrying out credit fraud
person who gathers night soil
indigo dyer
place to store a body in a coffin before burial (Okinawa)
store that has been gone out of business; household that lives without carrying on a business
store that sells remaindered book or magazines
tipster; dopester; tout
building relocation (without disassembly); house relocation
pawnshop
Edo-era meat vendor (esp. of large game, e.g. deer, boar); butcher
Edo-era meat vendor (esp. of large game, e.g. deer, boar); butcher
(house with a) gabled roof
brothel
caterer in a red-light district
Ashiya Station (JR West)
Shioya Station (Hyōgo)
Araya Station (Akita)
Chiya Dam
Sekiya Station
Examples (15 in total)
Do you want to go to a coffee shop?
The pipe shop is across the street.
Which ice cream shop are you going to?