~屋

~や

~ shop, ~ store

N5suffix·~ya

How to remember it

Attach や to a product to name the shop selling it, e.g. ほんや (bookstore).

Example sentences

  • 本屋で本を買いました。

    ほんやでほんをかいました。

    I bought a book at the bookstore.

  • あの肉屋は安いです。

    あのにくやはやすいです。

    That butcher shop is cheap.

Usage

Suffix naming shops by what they sell; also a craftsman (電気屋).

Related words

本屋肉屋パン屋八百屋

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