► 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:
- あのラーメン屋はとても美味い ⇨ That ramen restaurant is very good
- 眺めの良い部屋 ⇨ A room with a good view
- 子供が屋根に登ったが降りられずに泣いた ⇨ The kid climbed up on the roof but couldn’t come down and cried
- この部屋は冷房が効き過ぎている ⇨ This room is too cold with too much AC
- 彼の部屋は上の階だ ⇨ His room is on the floor above
- 彼は寿司屋の板前だ ⇨ He is a cook at a sushi bar
- 私の部屋は狭いけど快適だ ⇨ My room is small but very comfortable
- 彼はその飲み屋の常連だ ⇨ He is a regular customer of the pub
- 彼女は部屋の隅っこに座っていた ⇨ She was sitting in the corner of the room
- 部屋には異臭が立ち込めていた ⇨ The room was filled with noxious odor
- 裏庭に有る納屋 ⇨ A shed in the backyard
- あそこのラーメン屋はまあまあだ ⇨ That ramen restaurant is OK. Not superb but not bad either
- 彼等は牢屋の壁を隔てて通信した ⇨ They communicated through the wall of their prison cells
- 部屋の奥行きは約五メートルだ ⇨ The depth of the room (from the entrance) is about 5 meters
- サラリーマンに人気の居酒屋 ⇨ A pub restaurant popular among business people