| 裏長屋 | うらながや
| (n) rear tenement/ |
| 切れ屋 | きれや
| dry-goods store/ |
| 建具屋 | たてぐや | a joiner/cabinetmaker/ |
| 畳敷きの部屋 | たたみじきのへや
| straw-matted room/ |
| 部屋割り | へやわり | (n) assignment of rooms/ |
| 紀伊國屋 | きのくにや | Large bookstore with big foreign book section (main
branch, Shinjuku)/ |
| 勉強部屋 | べんきょうべや | study room/ |
| 部屋を散らかす | へやをちらかす
| (exp) to litter a room (with
things)/ |
| 水茶屋 | みずちゃや
| (n) (Edo-period) public teahouse/ |
| 差し掛け小屋 | さしかけごや
| a lean-to/ |
| 政治屋 | せいじや | (n) politician/ |
| 楽屋 | がくや
| (n) dressing room/green
room/backstage/ |
| 狩り小屋 | かりごや
| hunting lodge/(P)/ |
| 錠前屋 | じょうまえや | locksmith/ |
| 握り屋 | にぎりや | (n) miser/grasping fellow/ |
| 平屋根 | ひらやね | flat roof/ |
| 酒屋 | さかや | (n) sake dealer/(P)/ |
| 傘屋 | かさや
| (n) umbrella shop/ |
| 靴屋 | くつや
| (n) shoemaker/shoe store/(P)/ |
| 行つけの床屋 | ゆきつけのとこや | my usual barber shop/ |
| 花屋敷 | はなやしき | (n) public flower garden/ |
| 船小屋 | ふなごや | (n) boathouse/ |
| 洗濯屋 | せんたくや
| (n)
laundry/laundromat/launderette/ |
| 土建屋 | どけんや
| (n) general (civil engineering and
construction) contractor/ |
| 荒物屋 | あらものや
| (n) variety store/ |
| 七つ屋 | ななつや
| (n) pawnshop/ |
| 紺屋 | こうや
| (n) dyer/(P)/ |
| 鮨屋 | すしや | (n) sushi shop/ |
| 草屋 | そうおく
| (n) thatched hut/ |
| 保険屋 | ほけんや | (n) insurance man/ |
| 出版屋 | しゅっぱんや | publishing house/ |
| 下屋敷 | しもやしき | (n) villa/daimyo's suburban residence/ |
| 作り酒屋 | つくりざかや | sake brewer/sake brewery/ |
| 担ぎ屋 | かつぎや
| (n) superstitious person/practical
joker/blackmarket peddler/ |
| 飮屋 | のみや | (n)
bar/saloon/ |
| がっちり屋 | がっちりや | tightwad/ |
| 小屋 | こや | (n) hut/cabin/shed/(animal) pen/(P)/ |
| 一膳飯屋 | いちぜんめしや | (n) a quick lunch/ |
| 東屋 | あずまや
| (n) arbor/bower/summer house/ |
| 仕立て屋 | したてや | (n) tailor/dressmaker/(P)/ |
| 麻雀屋 | まぜじゃんや
| mah-jongg parlour/mahjong parlour/ |
| 獄屋 | ごくや
| (n) prison/ |
| 瓦屋根 | かわらやね | (n) tiled roof/ |
| 総会屋 | そうかいや | (n) extortionist that threatens to disrupt stock-holder
meetings/ |
| 表具屋 | ひょうぐや
| (n) paperer/picture framer/ |
| 上屋 | うわや
| (n) a shed/ |
| ちんどん屋 | ちんどんや | (n) traditional Japanese band of sandwich board
advertisers/ |
| 家屋税 | かおくぜい
| (n) house tax/ |
| 不動産屋 | ふどうさんや
| real estate agent/realtor/(P)/ |
| 肉屋 | にくや
| burcher`s shop |
| 看板屋 | かんばんや | sign maker/ |
| 鳩小屋 | はとごや | pigeon house/dovecote/ |
| 相部屋 | あいべや | (n) sharing a room/ |
| 納屋 | なや
| (n) shed/barn/outhouse/(P)/ |
| 一発屋 | いっぱつや | (n) power hitter/slugger/ |
| 庄屋 | しょうや | (n) village headman/ |
| 掛け小屋 | かけごや | temporary theater/lean-to/ |
| 銘酒屋 | めいしゅや | (n) seller of high-quality sake/(Meiji or Taisho era)
brothel/ |
| 一人部屋 | ひとりべや | (n) single room/ |
| 呼び屋 | よびや
| (n) promoter/ |
| 水車小屋 | すいしゃごや
| (n) water mill/ |
| 仕舞屋 | しもたや | store that has been gone out of business/household that
lives without carrying on a business/ |
| 平屋 | ひらや | (n) bungalow/one-story house/ |
| 万屋 | よろずや
| (n) general
merchant/Jack-of-all-trades/ |
| 古本屋 | ふるほんや
| (n) second hand bookstore/ |
| 破屋 | はおく
| (n) tumbledown or dilapidated house/ |
| 下駄屋 | げたや
| clog shop/ |
| 大屋 | おおや
| (n) landlord/landlady/(P)/ |
| ペット屋 | ペットや | pet store/ |
| 染物屋 | そめものや
| dyer/ |
| 瓦屋
| かわらや | (n)
tilemaker/ |
| 部屋着 | へやぎ
| (n) dressing gown/loungewear/ |
| 果物屋 | くだものや | fruit store/ |
| レコード屋
| レコードや | record
shop/ |
| 大屋さん | おおやさん | landlord/landlady/ |
| 地上げ屋 | ちあげや | land shark/land speculator/ |
| 蔵屋敷 | くらやしき | (n) daimyo's city storehouse/ |
| 伏せ屋 | ふせや
| (n) humble cottage/hut/ |
| 氷屋 | こおりや
| (n) ice man/ice shop/ |
| 番小屋 | ばんごや | (n) guard house/ |
| 寺小屋 | てらこや | (n) temple elementary school/ |
| 鳥小屋 | とりごや | (n) henhouse/aviary/ |
| 鳥屋 | とや
| (n) chicken coop/henhouse/ |
| 風車小屋 | ふうしゃごや
| windmill/ |
| 米屋 | こめや
| (n) rice shop/rice dealer/ |
| 相撲部屋 | すもうべや
| (n) stable/ |
| 入母屋造り | いりもやづくり
| (n) building with a gabled, hipped
roof/ |
| お化け屋敷 | おばけやしき
| haunted house/ |
| 本屋 | ほんおく
| principal residence/ |
| 造り酒屋 | つくりざかや | (n) sake brewer or brewery/ |
| 饂飩屋 | うどんや | noodle shop (proprietor)/ |
| 切り妻屋根 | きりづまやね
| a gabled roof/ |
| 闇屋 | やみや | (n) black marketeer/ |
| 小間物屋 | こまものや
| (n) haberdashery/sundries store/ |
| 製本屋 | せいほんや | (n) bookbinder/ |
| パン
屋 | パンや | bakery/ |
| 周旋屋 | しゅうせんや
| (n) broker/employment agency/ |
| 数奇屋 | すきや | (n) tea-ceremony arbor/ |
| 子供部屋 | こどもべや
| (n) child's room/nursery/ |
| 運送屋 | うんそうや | (n) forwarding agency/express company/ |
| 入母屋 | いりもや
| (n) hip-gable roof/ |
| 事務屋 | じむや | (n) office worker/clerk/ |
| 的屋 | てきや
| (n) racketeer/faker/stall-keeper/ |
| 呑み屋 | のみや | (n) bookmaker/ |
| 活版屋 | かっぱんや
| a printer's/a printer/ |
| 揚屋 | あげや
| (n) (Edo-period) brothel/ |
| 楽屋落ち | がくやおち | (n) shoptalk/matters incomprehensible to
outsiders/ |
| 便利屋 | べんりや
| (n) expressman/utility man/ |
| 畳屋 | たたみや
| (n) matmaker/mat dealer/(P)/ |
| 土産物屋 | みやげものや
| (n) souvenir store/gift shop/ |
| 丸太小屋 | まるたごや
| log cabin/blockhouse/(P)/ |
| 草屋 | くさや
| (n) thatched hut/ |
| 質屋 | しちや
| (n) pawnshop/(P)/ |
| 屑屋 | くずや | (n) ragman/junkman/ |
| 空いている部屋 | あいているへや | vacant room/ |
| 写真屋 | しゃしんや
| (n) photo studio/photographer/ |
| 蛸部屋 | たこべや | (n) labor camp/ |
| 茶屋酒 | ちゃやざけ | (n) liquor consumed in a teahouse/ |
| 材木屋 | ざいもくや | lumber dealer/ |
| 煙草屋 | たばこや
| (n) tobacconist/(P)/ |
| 花屋 | はなや
| (n) florist/(P)/ |
| 飮み屋 | のみや | (n) bar/saloon/ |
| 分からず屋 | わからずや
| (n) obstinate person/blockhead/(P)/ |
| 弁当屋 | べんとうや
| (n) lunch vendor/ |
| 空き部屋 | あきべや | available room (hotel)/ |
| 紺屋 | こんや
| (n) dyer/(P)/ |
| 井戸屋形 | いどやかた
| well roof/ |
| 岩屋 | いわや
| (n) cavern/grotto/(P)/ |
| 阿古屋貝 | あこやがい
| (n) pearl oyster/ |
| 郵便屋 | ゆうびんや | (n) postman/ |
| ダフ屋
| ダフや | (n)
(ticket) scalper ("dafu" is "fuda" backwards)/ |
| 金物屋 | かなものや | hardware store or dealer/ |
| 麻雀屋 | まあじゃんや
| mah-jongg parlour/mahjong parlour/ |
| 床屋 | とこや
| barber |
| 二階屋 | にかいや | (n) two storey house/ |
| ステーキ屋 | ステーキや | steak house/ |
| 車屋 | くるまや | (n) rickshawman/rickshaw station/cartwright/ |
| 廃屋 | はいおく | (n) dilapidated house/deserted house/ |
| 当たり屋 | あたりや
| (n) lucky person/skilled batter/accident
faker/ |
| 丘に対する部屋 | おかにたいするへや | room facing a hill/ |
| 白木屋 | しろきや | (n) Shirokiya (department store)/ |
| 箱屋 | はこや
| (n) box maker/ |
| 兎小屋 | うさぎごや | (n) rabbit hutch/ |
| 貸し本屋 | かしほんや | (n) rental library/ |
| 何でも屋 | なんでもや
| (n) convenience
agency/Jack-of-all-trades/ |
| 草屋根 | くさやね
| (n) thatched roof/ |
| 予想屋 | よそうや | crystal gazer/dopester/ |
| 店屋物 | てんやもの | (n) take-out (food)/ |
| 葬儀屋 | そうぎや | (n) undertaker's/ |
| 母屋 | おもや
| (n) main wing of the house/ |
| 料理屋 | りょうりや | (n) restaurant/ |
| 社屋 | しゃおく
| (n) company office building/ |
| 殺し屋 | ころしや
| (n) professional killer/hit man/ |
| 借屋 | しゃくや
| (n) house for rent/rented house/renting a
house/ |
| 青物屋 | あおものや
| (n) vegetable shop/greengrocery/seller of
vegetables/ |
| 豆腐屋 | とうふや
| (n) tofu seller (maker)/ |
| 羊小屋 | ひつじごや | sheepfold/ |
| 問屋 | といや | (n) wholesale store/ |
| 千三屋 | せんみつや | broker/land agent/great liar/unreliable
person/ |
| 締まり屋 | しまりや | (n) thrifty person/becoming steady/ |
| 居酒屋 | いざかや | (n) bar/pub/tavern/(P)/ |
| 気分屋 | きぶんや | moody person/ |
| 恥ずかしがり屋 | はずかしがりや | (n) shy person/ |
| 紙屋 | かみや
| (n) paper store/ |
| 薬屋 | くすりや
| (n) pharmacy/chemist/(P)/ |
| 入り母屋 | いりもや | (n) gabled, hipped roof/ |
| 仮屋 | かりや
| (n) temporary residence or shelter/ |
| 産屋 | うぶや | (n) maternity room/delivery room/ |
| 床屋 | とこや
| (n) barber/(P)/ |
| 米問屋 | こめどんや | wholesale rice dealer/ |
| 公益質屋 | こうえきしちや
| public pawn shop/ |
| 数寄屋 | すきや | (n) tea-ceremony arbor/ |
| 幕屋 | まくや
| (n) tent/tabernacle/small curtain-enclosed (off
a stage)/Makuya (Original Gospel Movement of Japan)/ |
| 魚屋 | さかなや
| (n) fish market/fish dealer/(P)/ |
| 部屋 | へや
| room |
| 理屈屋 | りくつや
| (n) quibbler/ |
| 松屋 | まつや
| Matsuya (department store)/ |
| 菓子屋 | かしや | (n) confectionery shop/(P)/ |
| 天気屋 | てんきや | moody person/ |
| 八百屋 | やおや
| vegetable shop |
| 金魚屋 | きんぎょや | (n) goldfish seller (vendor)/ |
| 卸し問屋 | おろしどんや | (n) wholesaler/ |
| 茅屋
| ぼうおく | (n)
thatched cottage/hovel/my humble cottage/ |
| 板金屋 | ばんきんや | plumber/ |
| 上屋敷 | かみやしき
| (n) a daimyo's main Tokyo mansion/ |
| 家屋 | かおく
| (n) house/building/(P)/ |
| 棟割長屋 | むねわりながや
| (n) terraced or partitioned housing
structure/ |
| 裏貸屋 | うらがしや
| house in back for rent/ |
| 長屋 | ながや
| (n) tenement or row house/ |
| 仮小屋 | かりごや | (n) booth/shack/hut/shed/ |
| 道具屋 | どうぐや | (n) second-hand shop/curio shop/ |
| 問屋 | とんや
| (n) wholesale store/(P)/ |
| 耐震家屋 | たいしんかおく
| earthquake-resistant buildings/ |
| 部屋を空ける | へやをあける | (exp) to clear a room/ |
| 口入れ屋 | くちいれや | (n) employment agency/ |
| ビデオ屋 | ビデオや | video store/ |
| 本屋 | ほんや | (n) bookstore/publisher/main building/(P)/ |
| 人屋 | ひとや
| (n) prison/jail/ |
| 古道具屋 | ふるどうぐや
| (n) secondhand store/ |
| 湯屋 | ゆや
| (n) public bathhouse/ |
| 下の部屋 | したのへや | downstairs room/ |
| 飯屋 | めしや
| (n) eating house/ |
| 水道屋 | すいどうや
| plumber/ |
| 花屋 | はなや
| flower shop |
| 反物屋 | たんものや | dry-goods store/ |
| 始末屋 | しまつや | (n) thrifty person/ |
| 文房具屋 | ぶんぼうぐや
| stationery shop/a stationer/ |
| 木造家屋 | もくぞうかおく
| (n) wooden house/frame house
(building)/ |
| 板屋 | いたや | (n) shingle roof/house with a shingle roof/ |
| 宿屋 | やどや
| (n) inn/(P)/ |
| 陋屋 | ろうおく | (n) cramped home/one's humble abode/ |
| 肉屋 | にくや
| (n) butcher/(P)/ |
| 仕事部屋 | しごとべや
| workroom/ |
| 家具屋 | かぐや | furniture store/furniture dealer/ |
| 経師屋 | きょうじや | (n) scroll mounter/picture framer/ |
| 小屋掛け | こやがけ | (n) pitching a tent/ |
| 照れ屋 | てれや
| (n) shy/a very shy person/ |
| 宣伝屋 | せんでんや | one skilled at obtaining publicity/ |
| 数寄屋造り | すきやづくり
| sukiya style of building/style of a
tea-ceremony arbor/ |
| 飲屋 | のみや | (n) bar/saloon/ |
| 玉屋 | たまや
| (n) jeweler/ |
| 音羽屋 | おとわや | Otowaya (stage name of a kabuki family)/ |
| 卸問屋 | おろしどんや | (n) wholesaler/ |
| 女郎屋 | じょろうや | (n) brothel/ |
| 板屋貝 | いたやがい
| (n) (bay) scallop/ |
| 空き屋 | あきや
| (n) vacant or unoccupied house/ |
| 粉屋 | こなや
| (n) flour dealer/mill(er)/ |
| 染め物屋 | そめものや | dyer/dye house/ |
| 支度部屋 | したくべや
| (n) dressing room/ |
| 霊屋 | たまや
| (n) mausoleum/(temporary) resting place of a
corpse/ |
| 澄まし屋 | すましや | (n) a prim person/ |
| 豚小屋 | ぶたごや | (n) pigsty/(P)/ |
| 仕出し屋 | しだしや | (n) caterer/ |
| はにかみ屋
| はにかみや | (n) shy/a
very shy person/ |
| 部屋住み | へやずみ
| (n) an adult-age eldest son who has yet to come
into his inheritance/(a young adult still) living at home/a
dependent/ |
| 植木屋 | うえきや
| (n) gardener/ |
| 水屋 | みずや
| (n) purificatory font at shrines and
temples/room adjacent to a tea ceremony room, where utensils are washed/vendor
of drinking water/cupboard/ |
| 八百屋 | やおや
| (n) greengrocer/(P)/ |
| 大部屋 | おおべや | (n) large room/actors' common-use room/hospital room or
ward/ |
| 食べ物屋 | たべものや
| (n) eating place/ |
| 置き屋 | おきや
| (n) geisha dwelling/ |
| 石屋 | いしや
| (n) stone dealer/ |
| 寺子屋 | てらこや | (n) temple elementary school/ |
| 飲み屋 | のみや
| (n) bar/saloon/ |
| 散髪屋 | さんぱつや | barber/barber shop/ |
| 楽屋話 | がくやばなし | (n) inside story/confidential talk/ |
| 押し屋 | おしや
| commuter train packer/ |
| 鍛冶屋 | かじや
| (n) a smith/blacksmith/ |
| 武家屋敷 | ぶけやしき
| samurai residence/ |
| 数奇屋造り | すきやづくり
| sukiya style of building/style of a
tea-ceremony arbor/ |
| 自転車屋 | じてんしゃや | bicycle shop/bicycle dealer/ |
| 借屋住居 | しゃくやずまい
| living in rented quarters/ |
| 休み茶屋 | やすみじゃや | wayside teahouse/ |
| 伏屋 | ふせや
| (n) humble cottage/hut/ |
| 部屋 | へや
| (n) room/(P)/ |
| 東西屋 | とうざいや | (n) town crier/ |
| 気取り屋 | きどりや | (n) snob/affected person/ |
| 大名屋敷 | だいみょうやしき
| daimyo's mansion/ |
| 茶屋 | ちゃや
| (n) tea house/tea dealer/ |
| 部屋代 | へやだい | room rent/ |
| 鋳掛け屋 | いかけや
| (n) a tinkerer/ |
| 帽子屋 | ぼうしや | hat shop/hatmaker/ |
| 陸屋根 | ろくやね | (n) flat roof/ |
| 一軒屋 | いっけんや
| (n) an isolated house/ |
| 貸本屋 | かしほんや | (n) rental library/ |
| 店屋 | みせや
| (n) store/shop/ |
| 蚊屋 | かや
| (n) mosquito net/(P)/ |
| 牛小屋 | うしごや | (n) cow shed/cattle barn/(P)/ |
| 鰻屋 | うなぎや | eel restaurant/ |
| 御霊屋 | みたまや | (n) mausoleum/ |
| 化粧部屋 | けしょうべや | lavatory/dressing room/ |
| 酒屋 | さかや
| liquor shop |
| 株屋 | かぶや
| (n) stockbroker/ |
| 部屋を暖める | へやをあたためる | (exp) to heat the room/ |
| 乾物屋 | かんぶつや | grocery store/ |
| 家屋台帳 | かおくだいちょう | house or housing registry/ |
| 山小屋 | やまごや | (n) mountain hut/ |
| 時計屋 | とけいや | (n) watch store/watch dealer/ |
| 藁屋根 | わらやね | (n) straw-thatched roof/ |
| 両替屋 | りょうがえや | (n) money-exchange shop/ |
| 下宿屋 | げしゅくや | (n) lodging house/ |
| 郵便屋さん | ゆうびんやさん | postman/(P)/ |
| 洋服屋 | ようふくや
| tailor's (shop)/dressmaker's
shop/tailor/dressmaker/ |
| 火屋 | ほや | (n) lamp chimney/ |
| 陣屋 | じんや
| (n) encampment/ |
| 芝居小屋 | しばいごや
| playhouse/theatre/(P)/ |
| 馬小屋 | うまごや | (n) stable/(P)/ |
| 犬小屋 | いぬごや | (n) kennel/(P)/ |
| 印刷屋 | いんさつや | (n) printer/ |
| 馬屋 | うまや | (n) a stable/ |
| 家屋敷 | いえやしき
| (n) house and lot/ |
| 餅屋 | もちや | (n) rice cake shop keeper/rice cake store
(shop)/ |
| 新しがり屋 | あたらしがりや | (n) one who loves novelty/one who goes after all the
latest fads/ |
| 鳥屋 | とりや | (n) bird dealer/poulterer/ |
| 蕎麦屋 | そばや | (n) buckwheat-noodle restaurant/(P)/ |
| 煮売り屋 | にうりや | (n) store selling boiled vegetables, fish, and
beans/ |
| 円屋根 | まるやね
| (n) dome/cupola/ |
| 牛乳屋 | ぎゅうにゅうや | dairy/milkman/ |
| 狭い部屋 | せまいへや
| small room/ |
| 利権屋 | りけんや | (n) concession hunter/profiteer/ |
| 呉服屋 | ごふくや | (n) draper/dry goods store/(P)/ |
| 眼鏡屋 | めがねや | optician/ |
| パン屋
| ぱんや | bakery |
| 風呂屋 | ふろや
| (n) public bath/(P)/ |
| 修理屋 | しゅうりや | repair workshop/garage/ |
| 犬小屋 | いぬごや | kennel; doghouse |
| 機屋 | はたや
| (n) weaver/ |
| 牢屋 | ろうや | (n) jail/gaol/ |
| 幽霊屋敷 | ゆうれいやしき | haunted house/ |
| 電気屋 | でんきや
| electric appliance store/ |
| 魚屋 | さかなや
| fishmonger, fish dealer |
| 裏屋 | うらや
| (n) alley house/rear tenement/slum/ |
Japanese - English dictionary courtesy of Jim Breen.
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