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