► 接尾辞
屋 [や] meaning: store rank: 1
☆ 本屋・自転車屋・パン屋・中華料理屋・寿司屋 ⇨ Bookstore. Bicycle shop. Bakery. Chinese restaurant. Sushi bar
屋 [や] meaning: person rank: 2
☆ うちの子供は恥ずかしがり屋だ ⇨ My kid is very shy (☛ A person with a specific personality trait. More informal than 家)
☆ 彼女は大変な頑張り屋だ ⇨ She’s such a hard worker (☛ A person with a specific personality trait. More informal than 家)
More examples:
- 私のひいきのラーメン屋 ⇨ My favorite ramen restaurant
- 骨董品屋 ⇨ An antique shop
- 彼は牢屋にぶち込まれた ⇨ He was thrown into a jail
- 子供部屋 (こどもべや) ⇨ A children’s room
- 屋根裏で漏電して火事が起こった ⇨ Electrical leakage, bad insulation, in the attic caused fire
- 彼は屋根から転落して死亡した ⇨ He fell from the roof and died
- 土建屋 ⇨ A construction company
- 部屋は滅茶苦茶に散らかっていた ⇨ The room was a complete mess. Things were strewn everywhere in the room
- 今丁度部屋の掃除をし終わったところだ ⇨ I’ve just finished cleaning my room
- うちの家の近くにある酒屋 ⇨ A liquor shop close to my house
- 彼の家は家というより御屋敷という感じだ ⇨ His house is not just a house, but rather a mansion
- そうは問屋が卸さない ⇨ That’s not how wholesalers sell. Wholesalers won’t sell at that price. Things don’t work that way
- 彼女は部屋の隅っこに座っていた ⇨ She was sitting in the corner of the room
- この車の屋根は布で出来ている ⇨ The roof of this car is made of fabric, canvas
- あのラーメン屋は割と美味い ⇨ That ramen restaurant is fairly good, not bad