► 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:
- 浮浪者が公園の掘っ建て小屋に住んでいる ⇨ Homeless live in shanties built in the park
- 屋根裏部屋 (やねうらべや) ⇨ An attic room
- 彼は屋根に梯子を掛けた ⇨ He set a ladder over the roof
- インターネットのせいで本屋の商売は上がったりだ ⇨ Bookstores can no longer make money because of internet
- 彼はその飲み屋の常連だ ⇨ He is a regular customer of the pub
- ホテルの部屋に入ったらベッドのカバーがめくれていた ⇨ When I entered the hotel room, the bedspread was half removed
- 古本屋で掘り出し物を見つけた ⇨ I found a rare find at a used book store
- 彼女に部屋はいつも綺麗に片付いている ⇨ He room is always neatly organized
- 人の部屋に入る前にはとを叩くのが常識だ ⇨ It is a common sense to knock the door first when you enter someone’s room
- 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
- あそこのラーメン屋は特別美味いとは思わない ⇨ I particularly don’t think that ramen restaurant is good
- 屋根の梁 ⇨ Roof beams
- 食事付きの部屋 ⇨ A room with board
- 彼の部屋は猛烈に汚い ⇨ His room was extremely messy
- 広い部屋 ⇨ A big, spacious, room