► 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:
- この車の屋根は開閉する ⇨ The roof of this car can open and close
- 部屋には異臭が立ち込めていた ⇨ The room was filled with noxious odor
- あそこのラーメン屋はとにかく美味い ⇨ That ramen restaurant is very good for whatever reason
- 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
- あのラーメン屋は割と美味い ⇨ That ramen restaurant is fairly good, not bad
- 彼女は部屋に入るとまず電気をつけた ⇨ She entered the room and turn on the lights first
- そのラーメン屋にはいつも長蛇の列が出来る ⇨ There is always a very long line at that ramen restaurant
- 彼は部屋に閉じ籠もって出てこない ⇨ He locked himself up in his room and won’t come out
- 何時間も歩いた後、私達は誰もいない山小屋に辿り着いた ⇨ After many hours of walk, we arrived at a deserted hut
- 彼の部屋は上の階だ ⇨ His room is on the floor above
- 空いた窓から風が部屋に吹き込んだ ⇨ Wind blew into the room through an open window
- 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
- 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
- 薄暗い部屋 ⇨ A semi-dark room
- 彼は一ヶ月に一度床屋に行く ⇨ He goes to a barber once a month