room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
hut; cabin; small theatre (theater); temporary playhouse; one's own house
cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a house, etc.)
professional killer; hit man
bookstore; bookshop; publisher; main building
tenement house; row house
bakery; baker; pastry shop
small room; closet; cubicle; booth; stall
izakaya; Japanese bar that also serves various dishes and snacks
main building (of a manor); central room (of a house)
hidden room; secret chamber
pharmacy; drugstore; chemist's (shop); pharmacist; druggist; chemist
wholesale store; wholesale dealer; wholesaler
dressing room; green room; backstage; behind the scenes; the inside; inside affairs
teahouse; (Edo period) rest stop; (geisha) teahouse; establishment where patrons are entertained by geisha; tea house (that sells tea); tea dealer
butcher's shop; butcher; meat shop
loungewear; comfortable clothing worn at home
ramen restaurant; noodle restaurant
liquor store; wine shop; bottle shop; sake dealer; liquor-store owner; brewer
secondhand bookshop; secondhand bookstore; secondhand bookseller
available room (hotel); vacancy; room to let
large room; green room; waiting room for performers when off stage; junior actor; actor of small parts; large hospital room (for several patients)
real estate agent; realtor
hut (esp. on a mountain); shack; refuge; shanty
bar; saloon; pub; tavern; drinking establishment
arbor; arbour; bower; summer house; square gazebo
second-hand shop; curio shop
mansion; palace; (arch.) nobleman; (arch.) noblewoman; (arch.) cabin (on a boat, carriage, etc.)
greengrocer; fruit and vegetable shop
sushi shop; sushi restaurant; sushi bar
courier; smuggler; carrier (e.g. of illegal drugs); trafficker
fish market; fish dealer; fishmonger
funeral parlor (parlour); funeral home; undertaker's; undertaker; mortician; funeral director
lonely person; someone who easily succumbs to loneliness
handyman; utility man; odd-job man
bungalow; one-story house
barbershop; barber shop; barber
public bathhouse; bathhouse proprietor
restaurant with only set meals
village headman (esp. in the Kansai region)
public bathhouse; building with a bath (esp. in a shrine or temple)
second hand clothes shop; somebody who sells second hand clothes
sharing a room; dormitory room; match between wrestlers from the same stable
eating house; restaurant that serves simple food
villa; daimyo's suburban residence
shoe store; shoe shop; shoemaker
Japanese-style confectionary store
name of store; trade name (esp. of a sole proprietorship); stage name (e.g. of actor)
souvenir store; gift shop
room allocation; assignment of rooms
townhouse (i.e. house in the middle of a town); traditional townhouse; tradesman's house (esp. a home with a shop in front); merchant's house; merchant's family
fruit store; fruit dealer; fruit seller; fruiterer; fruiteress
double room; room shared by two people; shared room
daimyo's main Tokyo mansion
temple elementary school (during the Edo period)
kimono fabrics shop; draper
ironist; sarcastic person; sharp tongue; satirist
tailor's (shop); dressmaker's shop; tailor; dressmaker
forwarding agency; express company
small attached annex; lean-to
hut; shanty; hovel; house built directly into the ground with no supporting stones
confectionery shop; candy store; sweet shop
hat shop; hat store; hatter; hatmaker
old house; deserted house
watch store; watch dealer
photo studio; photographer; camera shop; photography supplies shop; photo processing shop; photo finishing shop
pachinko parlor; pachinko hall
(geisha) teahouse; establishment where patrons are entertained by geisha
framework (of a building); foundation; mainstay; support; supporter
electric appliance store; electrician
sedan chair bearer; palanquin bearer; sedan chair business
walk-in closet; wardrobe room; dressing room; costume room
estate; homestead; house and land (it stands on); messuage
small restaurant; eating house
tea-ceremony arbor; tea-ceremony arbour
storage room; store room; lumber room
cleaner; janitor; (arch.) night soil gatherer
show tent; circus tent; freak show
laundry; laundromat; launderette
playhouse; theatre; theater
stationery shop; a stationer
sentry box; guardhouse; guard lodge; (Edo period) police box
trash house; house overflowing with garbage from hoarding
every man knows his own business best; one should go to specialists for the best results; (lit.) for rice cakes, (go to) the rice cake shop
single-storied house; single-storied building
postman; mailman; letter carrier; mail carrier
haunted mansion; haunted house; enchanted house
newspaper stand; newspaper seller; paper carrier; newspaper reporter
furniture store; furniture dealer
pizzeria; pizza parlor (parlour); pizza place
dilapidated house; tumbledown house; my house; my home; small resting place comprising four pillars and a roof (with no walls)
demolition contractor; wrecker; scrapyard; junkyard; auto wrecker
painter (of buildings, etc.)
one-hit wonder; flash in the pan; all-or-nothing gambler; one-shot speculator; slugger; home-run batter
an adult-age eldest son who has yet to come into his inheritance; (a young adult still) living at home; a dependent
structure for housing heavy machinery
politician (esp. one who works only for their own personal gain)
aviary; henhouse; chicken house
repair workshop; garage; repairman
inn; tavern; Edo period lodging for travellers
bucket maker; well maker; cooper; hooper
temporary residence or shelter
jeweler; (arch.) soap bubble vendor
houseboat; pleasure boat (large, roofed)
haberdashery; sundries store
land shark; land speculator
messy room; dirty room; unclean room
someone who battles on in difficult circumstances
grocery store; dealer in dried goods
daimyo's spare residence or emergency refuge; residence of a daimyo's successor
bicycle shop; bicycle dealer
small car dealership; auto repair shop selling cars; wheelwright; cartwright; rickshawman; rickshaw station
purificatory font at shrines and temples; kitchen; cupboard; room adjacent to a tea ceremony room, where utensils are washed; vendor of drinking water; building for taking refuge during a flood
rabbit hutch; small Japanese houses; cramped Japanese housing
ninja house; ninja residence
(Edo-period) roadside teahouse where one would go to relax (in comparison with a restaurant style teahouse and teahouse offering sexual services); tea stall
rice cake shop keeper; rice cake store (shop)
general merchant; Jack of all trades
things don't work that well in the real world; things seldom go as one wishes; that is expecting too much; it won't be that easy; (lit.) the wholesaler won't sell it like that
trader who provides cash to debtors by getting them to make expensive credit card purchases and then buying the purchases at a fraction of the price
barber; barbershop; barber shop
debt collector; bill collector; repo man
dumpling store; dumpling seller
extortionist that threatens to disrupt stock-holder meetings; sokaiya
bamboo dealer; person selling bamboo or articles made of bamboo; house made of bamboo
paper store; paper merchant; paper seller; papermaking; papermaker
empty residence; empty estate; empty lot
rooftop structure, e.g. tower, elevator machine room, etc.
scrap dealer; junk shop; junkman; electronics dealer
dome; vaulted roof; cupola
ragman; junkman; garbage man
tent; tabernacle; small curtain-enclosed area (off a stage); Makuya (Original Gospel Movement of Japan)
bookmaker; taker of bets; ringman; bookie
waiting room; duty room; standby room
lucky person; someone who made a lot of money (e.g. gambling or on the stock market); skilled batter; batter on a hot streak; accident faker; someone who jumps in front of cars on purpose to extort money
geisha house; establishment with geisha on its books for whom it acts as an agency
thatched cottage; hovel; my humble cottage
room for female servants; room where there are women; jail for women
bedroom (esp. one used by a married couple); sleeping quarters; inner room; room at the back of the house
fixer; dispute resolution specialist
residence for low class samurai enrolled in one of the police forces (Edo period)
stall-keeper (esp. at a festival); street vendor; huckster; faker; hawker; seller of unreliable merchandise
box maker; man who carries a geisha's shamisen
dressing room; green room; backstage; inside story; confidential talk; hidden circumstances
flour dealer; miller; mill
sake brewer; sake brewery
wrestlers from the same stable
drinking establishment where one drinks while standing
general (civil engineering and construction) contractor
receiver's shop; pawnshop which knowingly buys stolen goods
to scatter a room (with things); to leave a room a mess; to leave things lying about
bossy person; self-appointed manager; bossyboots
brushmaker (calligraphy); brush seller
vacant house; unoccupied house
two-storey house; two-story house
high-class Edo-period pleasure house (where outside prostitutes were hired to entertained guests)
precinct of a jail; vicinity of a prison
detached house; single house; single building; isolated house; house in isolated location
simple and inexpensive restaurant; diner
tiled roof; tile-roofed house; tile maker; tile dealer; tile kiln
different room; another room; separate rooms
person who tends to find things bothersome; person who doesn't like to make an effort
indoor drying; hanging clothes to dry indoors
store that has been gone out of business; household that lives without carrying on a business
shingle roof; house with a shingle roof
joiner; carpenter; cabinetmaker
tearoom attached to a theater (esp. in kabuki)
obstinate person; blockhead
pitching a tent; putting up a shack or tent (e.g. a circus tent); (theater, circus, etc.) tent or shack
notary public; scribe; amanuensis
broker; employment agency
wayside teahouse; tea house used as a resting place
bashful person; very shy person
camera shop; camera store
butcher specializing in beef; dealer in beef; beef-hotpot restaurant
yashikigami; estate kami; small shrine with kami on or near residential land
row of houses; each house; every house; every door
woman employed in a restaurant, teahouse or teahouse offering sexual services
any event can bring about an effect in an unexpected way; (lit.) if the wind blows the bucket makers prosper
black marketeer; black market trader
conical roof; peaked roof; pointed roof; spire
apothecary; druggist; chemist; pharmacy; drugstore
jack-of-all-trades; all-rounder; generalist; general merchant; general store
seller of high-quality sake; (Meiji or Taisho era) brothel
tipster (in horse racing, etc.); dopester; tout
scroll mounter; picture framer
store selling boiled vegetables, fish, and beans
shop selling picture books, wood prints, etc.
person who is hard to please; difficult person; grouch; sourpuss
room in Edo castle where the shogun's council of elders attended to governmental affairs
traditional Japanese band of sandwich board advertisers
mausoleum; (temporary) resting place of a corpse
sweet potato shop; sweet potato seller
temporary theater; temporary theatre; lean-to
loan shark who specializes in refinancing debts
young adult still living at home; dependent; female servant working for a lady-in-waiting working in the inner part of a lord's house (Edo period); freeloader living in a samurai's house; young kabuki actor in service of a master (Edo period)
person who sells left-over gifts received by the shogun or daimyo, etc. (Edo period)
run-down shabby house; (arch.) rag and scrap merchant
fabric store; draper; dry-goods store
shiruko shop; sweet red-bean soup shop
fastidious person; fussy person; faultfinder; nitpicker; stickler
thrifty person; stingy person; tight-fisted person
sukiya style of building; style of a tea-ceremony arbor (arbour)
liquor consumed in a teahouse
brothel; bordello; whorehouse; cathouse
bookmaker; bookie; trader performing (stock market) bucketing; bucket shop
terraced or partitioned housing structure
cowshed; cow farmer; restaurant specializing in beef dishes; store (butcher, etc.) that sells beef
fly-by-night arranger; person who helps others flee creditors
cheap drinking spot (pub, tavern, etc.)
expulsion room; banishment room; boredom room; rooms where employees who cannot be fired are sent to encourage resignation
pickle store; pickle shop; pickle dealer
building with a gabled, hipped roof
forest or grove of trees surrounding a residence
superstitious person; practical joker; peddler; itinerant salesman
arrogant person; overbearing person; self-important person; braggart; boaster
small roof (e.g. over the first storey of a building, a window, an attached shed or veranda, etc.); overhang
having one's own premises; Edo-period prostitute successful enough to have her own room in an establishment
vegetable shop; greengrocery; seller of vegetables
Yakushima cedar (esp. one over 1000 years old)
shed; shelter; terminal (e.g. cargo, airport, etc.); temporary covering of a building being built
shoptalk; matters incomprehensible to outsiders; inside joke; private joke
scoop-getting freelance journalist
freeloader; scrounger; sponger; mooch
concession hunter; profiteer
person who lives an extravagant lifestyle
ticket reseller; shop where one can buy and sell gift certificates, coupons, travel and concert tickets, etc.
shop that handles Western goods (esp. Western-style apparel and accessories)
(fig.) the shoemaker's children go barefoot; (lit.) the dyer wears white; specialists often fail to apply their skills to themselves
person who gathers night soil
mahjong parlour; mahjong parlor
kimono shop; kimono store
beauty salon; hair dresser
person who is hard to please; grouch; complainer; whiner
broker; land agent; great liar; unreliable person
ragman; junkman; garbage man
house for rent; rented house; renting a house
float at a festival upon which one can dance
moody person; temperamental person; fickle person
Chinese room (artificial intelligence thought experiment)
meal (esp. dinner) served in one's room (at a ryokan)
inside story; confidential talk
merchant; merchandiser; shop; shopkeeper; trader
common variety of women's kimono sash
side house (to the east, west, or north of a main residence; home to women, children and servants)
labor camp; labour camp; low-quality accommodation for laborers
snoop; meddler; nosey parker; buttinsky; kibbitzer
someone who feels the cold; someone sensitive to cold
alley house; rear tenement; slum
moody person; temperamental person; fickle person
servants' quarters; room for servants
give him an inch and he'll take an ell; give him an inch and he'll take a yard
one skilled at obtaining publicity
adult toy shop (i.e. a sex shop)
people or companies that forcefully and illegally expel defaulting tenants from their lodgings
show-off; limelighter; attention seeker
highest ranked wrestler in a stable
illegal bookie; unlicensed bookmaker
fashionable person; dandy; flashy dresser; fop
cabinet of curiosities; chamber of curiosities; Wunderkammer
long hitter (golf, baseball, etc.); fast driver
brothel fronting as a tea house, inn, restaurant, etc.
hachiya (variety of astringent Japanese persimmon)
restaurant specializing in fried beef or pork offal
Nagoya Tournament (held in July)
professional relationship ender
tenement house with no windows
purlin (structural beam in a roof); purline; main building (of a manor); central room (in traditional palatial-style architecture)
dilapidated house; tumbledown house; hovel; miserable shack
blown-off roof Yamato-e painting technique; depiction of a building without its roof to show the interior
gambrel roof; mansard roof
hanging roof over the ring
brothel fronting as a tea house, inn, restaurant, etc.
perfectionist; enthusiast; zealot
tent-shaped mosquito net (often used to protect infants)
living in rented quarters
hut where a fire was kept to keep deer, wild boars, etc. away from fields; hut where a mosquito-repelling fire was kept
Marten's pearl oyster (Pinctada fucata martensii); Akoya pearl oyster
home in which a woman stays during her period (or while giving birth); period; menstruation; menses
maternity room; delivery room
(clandestine) brothel (Edo period); whorehouse
building relocation (without disassembly); house relocation
kanji "person" radical at top
room used by political officials (Edo period)
coach who owns his own stable
coach associated with another coach's stable
rule prohibiting match-ups between wrestlers from the same stable
ragman; garbage man; garbage collector
confidence man; con man; company (or person) carrying out credit fraud
store that sells remaindered book or magazines
female prostitute working at a bathhouse (Edo period)
person who gathers night soil
one who loves novelty; one who goes after all the latest fads
ignoring or skipping over of Nagoya (by trains, music tours, events, etc.)
store that has been gone out of business; household that lives without carrying on a business
white tabi made from silk, cotton, etc.
Nagoya driving; bad driving for which Nagoya residents are known
persons who convince female celebrities to pose nude for photoshoots
scaffolding and temporary roof placed around a shrine, temple, etc. undergoing repair; protective scaffolding
man in charge of delivering letters and packages during the Edo period
purlin (structural beam in a roof); purline
roof monitor; monitor roof; lantern (roof)
place to store a body in a coffin before burial (Okinawa)
Glehnia littoralis (species of umbellifer used in Chinese medicine)
saw-tooth roof; sawtooth roof
divination (esp. one carried out with divination rods or sticks); diviner
high-quality glossy white habutai silk; raw silk twill fabric with fine diamond pattern
intrusive person; being intrusive; (lit.) a tinker's shoulder pole
painted maple (Acer mono)
Yakushima sika (Cervus nippon yakushimae)
Japanese bay scallop (Pecten albicans)
Amami pine (Pinus amamiana); Yakushima white pine
bamboo orchid (Arundina graminifolia)
Yakushima macaque (Macaca fuscata yakui)
outside near the door to one's home
female servant hired at a lady-in-waiting's own expense
teahouse that introduces clients to prostitutes
meeting place for assignations, drinking, etc.
(house with a) gabled roof
Edo-era meat vendor (esp. of large game, e.g. deer, boar); butcher
Edo-era meat vendor (esp. of large game, e.g. deer, boar); butcher
erotic tea house (employing prostitutes)
caterer in a red-light district
roadside tea house; beach-side cafe; simple, hut-like cafe
heavily made-up woman; (lit.) flour-shop burglar
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