► 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:
- 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
- 萬屋 ⇨ An everything store. A store for daily miscellaneous stuff
- 丸太小屋 ⇨ A log cabin
- 部屋に日が差した ⇨ Sunlight entered the room
- 鉄板で出来た屋根 ⇨ A roof made of sheet metal
- あのラーメン屋は美味いと評判になっている ⇨ People are saying that ramen restaurant is very good
- 食事付きの部屋 ⇨ A room with board
- 彼は借金の取り立て屋に追われている ⇨ He has been chased by debt collectors
- 部屋には有毒ガスが充満していた ⇨ The room was filled with toxic gas
- 私の部屋の窓は海に向かっている ⇨ The window of my room is facing the sea
- あのラーメン屋はとても美味い ⇨ That ramen restaurant is very good
- あのラーメン屋は皆が言う程美味くはない ⇨ That ramen restaurant is not as good as people say
- 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
- やっと部屋が片付いた ⇨ Finally the room got organized