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Japanese
Etymology 1
Compound of 宿 (yado, “inn, hotel”) + 屋 (ya, “roof, house, building”).
First cited to 1120.
Pronunciation
Noun
宿屋 • (yadoya)
- one's overnight lodgings
- Synonym: 宿泊所 (shukuhakusho)
- inn, (cheap) hotel
- (historical) during the Edo period, a high-end restaurant, banquet hall, or similar entertainment establishment where high-end courtesans would perform and wait on customers
- Synonym: 揚屋 (ageya)
See also
Etymology 2
Compound of 宿 (shuku, “inn, hotel”) + 屋 (ya, “roof, house, building”), using the on'yomi reading for the 宿 kanji.
Appears to be a dialectal regionalism used in the Echizen area, which apparently arose from the practice of using prettier and fire-resistant roofing materials for the stations (inns) along the old post roads.
Pronunciation
Noun
宿屋 • (shukuya)
- a house with a roof covered in 瓦 (kawara, “ceramic roofing tiles”) or cedar shingles
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 “宿屋”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”) (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
- ^ “宿屋”, in デジタル大辞泉 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN