► 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:
- あの寿司屋は高いから時たましかいかない ⇨ I go to that sushi bar only once in a while because they are expensive
- 彼はその飲み屋の常連だ ⇨ He is a regular customer of the pub
- 食事付きの部屋 ⇨ A room with board
- 不動産屋 ⇨ A real estate agency
- この部屋は冷房が効き過ぎている ⇨ This room is too cold with too much AC
- 部屋は成る可く駅に近い方がいい ⇨ I want my apartment as close to the station as can be
- あそこのラーメン屋は穴場だ ⇨ That ramen restaurant is a best-kept secret
- 彼は牢屋に入れられた ⇨ He was put into a dungeon, jail
- 彼の部屋はこの通路の一番奥だ ⇨ His room is at the very end of this hallway
- おもちゃ屋さん ⇨ A toy store
- 二人部屋 ⇨ A room for two
- 部屋を掃除しなくちゃ ⇨ I have to clean up my room
- 私の部屋の窓は海に向かっている ⇨ The window of my room is facing the sea
- 銀座界隈の寿司屋 ⇨ Sushi bars in Ginza area
- 萬屋 ⇨ An everything store. A store for daily miscellaneous stuff