► 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:
- 近所に新しいラーメン屋が開店した ⇨ A new ramen restaurant opened in my neighborhood
- 電話線は屋根裏を走っている ⇨ The phone line runs in the attic
- 彼は部屋に籠もって勉強している ⇨ He’s locked himself up in his room and studying
- 私は部屋の広さを測った ⇨ I measured the dimension of the room
- 隠しカメラで部屋の中が盗撮されていた ⇨ A hidden camera was recording the inside of the room
- 折れた木の枝が屋根を突き抜けた ⇨ A broken tree branch fell through the roof
- 銀座界隈の寿司屋 ⇨ Sushi bars in Ginza area
- 丸太小屋 ⇨ A log cabin
- そうは問屋が卸さない ⇨ That is not how wholesalers sell, things won’t work that way
- 彼は屋根を自分で直そうと奮闘した ⇨ He worked hard to fix the roof himself
- 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
- 日本にはラーメン屋が至る所にある ⇨ There are ramen restaurants everywhere in Japan
- 私の部屋は十階にある ⇨ My room is on 10th floor
- 彼は無精で部屋の掃除も全くしていない ⇨ He is so lazy and never cleans his room
- 彼女は荷物を部屋の隅に置いた ⇨ She put her stuff in the corner of the room