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
professional killer; hit man
small room; closet; cubicle; booth; stall
bakery; baker; pastry shop
tenement house; row house
wholesale store; wholesale dealer; wholesaler
main building (of a manor); central room (of a house)
loungewear; comfortable clothing worn at home
dressing room; green room; backstage; behind the scenes; the inside; inside affairs
available room (hotel); vacancy; room to let
dilapidated house; deserted house
hidden room; secret chamber
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
liquor store; wine shop; bottle shop; sake dealer; liquor-store owner; brewer
pharmacy; drugstore; chemist's (shop); pharmacist; druggist; chemist
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
arbor; arbour; bower; summer house; square gazebo
bungalow; one-story house
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
shoe store; shoe shop; shoemaker
funeral parlor (parlour); funeral home; undertaker's; undertaker; mortician; funeral director
souvenir store; gift shop
name of store; trade name (esp. of a sole proprietorship); stage name (e.g. of actor)
Japanese-style confectionary store
ironist; sarcastic person; sharp tongue; satirist
village headman (esp. in the Kansai region)
double room; room shared by two people; shared room
mansion; palace; (arch.) nobleman; (arch.) noblewoman; (arch.) cabin (on a boat, carriage, etc.)
public bathhouse; bathhouse proprietor
tailor's (shop); dressmaker's shop; tailor; dressmaker
kimono fabrics shop; draper
fruit store; fruit dealer; fruit seller; fruiterer; fruiteress
confectionery shop; candy store; sweet shop
framework (of a building); foundation; mainstay; support; supporter
public bathhouse; building with a bath (esp. in a shrine or temple)
pachinko parlor; pachinko hall
hut; shanty; hovel; house built directly into the ground with no supporting stones
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
(geisha) teahouse; establishment where patrons are entertained by geisha
walk-in closet; wardrobe room; dressing room; costume room
estate; homestead; house and land (it stands on); messuage
photo studio; photographer; camera shop; photography supplies shop; photo processing shop; photo finishing shop
storage room; store room; lumber room
watch store; watch dealer
show tent; circus tent; freak show
forwarding agency; express company
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
old house; deserted house
stationery shop; a stationer
single-storied house; single-storied building
cleaner; janitor; (arch.) night soil gatherer
tea-ceremony arbor; tea-ceremony arbour
hat shop; hat store; hatter; hatmaker
playhouse; theatre; theater
daimyo's main Tokyo mansion
furniture store; furniture dealer
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)
haberdashery; sundries store
laundry; laundromat; launderette
repair workshop; garage; repairman
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
wooden house; frame house (building)
bucket maker; well maker; cooper; hooper
sentry box; guardhouse; guard lodge; (Edo period) police box
someone who battles on in difficult circumstances
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
inn; tavern; Edo period lodging for travellers
haunted mansion; haunted house; enchanted house
eating house; restaurant that serves simple food
sushi shop; sushi restaurant; sushi bar
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
bicycle shop; bicycle dealer
houseboat; pleasure boat (large, roofed)
ninja house; ninja residence
messy room; dirty room; unclean room
debt collector; bill collector; repo man
jeweler; (arch.) soap bubble vendor
land shark; land speculator
aviary; henhouse; chicken house
barber; barbershop; barber shop
temporary residence or shelter
dumpling store; dumpling seller
small car dealership; auto repair shop selling cars; wheelwright; cartwright; rickshawman; rickshaw station
painter (of buildings, etc.)
rice cake shop keeper; rice cake store (shop)
small attached annex; lean-to
dome; vaulted roof; cupola
thatched cottage; hovel; my humble cottage
paper store; paper merchant; paper seller; papermaking; papermaker
(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
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
hut; shanty; hovel; house built directly into the ground with no supporting stones
general merchant; Jack of all trades
dressing room; green room; backstage; inside story; confidential talk; hidden circumstances
to scatter a room (with things); to leave a room a mess; to leave things lying about
bedroom (esp. one used by a married couple); sleeping quarters; inner room; room at the back of the house
sake brewer; sake brewery
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
stall-keeper (esp. at a festival); street vendor; huckster; faker; hawker; seller of unreliable merchandise
waiting room; duty room; standby room
general (civil engineering and construction) contractor
general merchant; Jack of all trades
bossy person; self-appointed manager; bossyboots
extortionist that threatens to disrupt stock-holder meetings; sokaiya
rooftop structure, e.g. tower, elevator machine room, etc.
detached house; single house; single building; isolated house; house in isolated location
rabbit hutch; small Japanese houses; cramped Japanese housing
geisha house; establishment with geisha on its books for whom it acts as an agency
two-storey house; two-story house
drinking establishment where one drinks while standing
show tent; circus tent; freak show
flour dealer; miller; mill
person who tends to find things bothersome; person who doesn't like to make an effort
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
haunted mansion; haunted house; enchanted house
dome; vaulted roof; cupola
temple elementary school (during the Edo period)
different room; another room; separate rooms
tent; tabernacle; small curtain-enclosed area (off a stage); Makuya (Original Gospel Movement of Japan)
vacant house; unoccupied house
obstinate person; blockhead
high-class Edo-period pleasure house (where outside prostitutes were hired to entertained guests)
receiver's shop; pawnshop which knowingly buys stolen goods
available room (hotel); vacancy; room to let
main building (of a manor); central room (of a house)
cramped home; one's humble abode; hovel; pigsty; cottage; squalid hut
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
bashful person; very shy person
dilapidated house; tumbledown house; my house; my home; small resting place comprising four pillars and a roof (with no walls)
joiner; carpenter; cabinetmaker
camera shop; camera store
wayside teahouse; tea house used as a resting place
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
precinct of a jail; vicinity of a prison
shingle roof; house with a shingle roof
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
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
tearoom attached to a theater (esp. in kabuki)
notary public; scribe; amanuensis
apothecary; druggist; chemist; pharmacy; drugstore
jack-of-all-trades; all-rounder; generalist; general merchant; general store
store that has been gone out of business; household that lives without carrying on a business
row of houses; each house; every house; every door
fixer; dispute resolution specialist
ragman; junkman; garbage man
black marketeer; black market trader
tipster (in horse racing, etc.); dopester; tout
room allocation; assignment of rooms
brushmaker (calligraphy); brush seller
yashikigami; estate kami; small shrine with kami on or near residential land
person who is hard to please; difficult person; grouch; sourpuss
Nagoya Tournament (held in July)
tumbledown or dilapidated house
seller of high-quality sake; (Meiji or Taisho era) brothel
scroll mounter; picture framer
conical roof; peaked roof; pointed roof; spire
someone who battles on in difficult circumstances
broker; employment agency
rabbit hutch; small Japanese houses; cramped Japanese housing
shop selling picture books, wood prints, etc.
sweet potato shop; sweet potato seller
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
stall-keeper (esp. at a festival); street vendor; huckster; faker; hawker; seller of unreliable merchandise
shiruko shop; sweet red-bean soup shop
fabric store; draper; dry-goods store
row of houses; each house; every house; every door
room in Edo castle where the shogun's council of elders attended to governmental affairs
bar; saloon; pub; tavern; drinking establishment
temporary theater; temporary theatre; lean-to
temporary theater; temporary theatre; lean-to
liquor consumed in a teahouse
souvenir store; gift shop
thrifty person; stingy person; tight-fisted person
bookmaker; bookie; trader performing (stock market) bucketing; bucket shop
fastidious person; fussy person; faultfinder; nitpicker; stickler
souvenir store; gift shop
tiled roof; tile-roofed house; tile maker; tile dealer; tile kiln
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
dilapidated house; tumbledown house; my house; my home; small resting place comprising four pillars and a roof (with no walls)
lonely person; someone who easily succumbs to loneliness
terraced or partitioned housing structure
obstinate person; blockhead
pickle store; pickle shop; pickle dealer
cheap drinking spot (pub, tavern, etc.)
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
fly-by-night arranger; person who helps others flee creditors
cowshed; cow farmer; restaurant specializing in beef dishes; store (butcher, etc.) that sells beef
person who tends to find things bothersome; person who doesn't like to make an effort
(geisha) teahouse; establishment where patrons are entertained by geisha
expulsion room; banishment room; boredom room; rooms where employees who cannot be fired are sent to encourage resignation
superstitious person; practical joker; peddler; itinerant salesman
building with a gabled, hipped roof
small roof (e.g. over the first storey of a building, a window, an attached shed or veranda, etc.); overhang
Yakushima cedar (esp. one over 1000 years old)
empty residence; empty estate; empty lot
arrogant person; overbearing person; self-important person; braggart; boaster
store that has been gone out of business; household that lives without carrying on a business
(private) house; average person's house
vegetable shop; greengrocery; seller of vegetables
shoptalk; matters incomprehensible to outsiders; inside joke; private joke
freeloader; scrounger; sponger; mooch
shop selling picture books, wood prints, etc.
forest or grove of trees surrounding a residence
sheltering indoors; taking refuge inside
having one's own premises; Edo-period prostitute successful enough to have her own room in an establishment
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
concession hunter; profiteer
tea-ceremony arbor; tea-ceremony arbour
shed; shelter; terminal (e.g. cargo, airport, etc.); temporary covering of a building being built
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
shoe store; shoe shop; shoemaker
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)
(fig.) the shoemaker's children go barefoot; (lit.) the dyer wears white; specialists often fail to apply their skills to themselves
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)
geisha house; establishment with geisha on its books for whom it acts as an agency
ragman; junkman; garbage man
person who is hard to please; grouch; complainer; whiner
person who lives an extravagant lifestyle
trash house; house overflowing with garbage from hoarding
beauty salon; hair dresser
single-storied house; single-storied building
mahjong parlour; mahjong parlor
person who gathers night soil
broker; land agent; great liar; unreliable person
kimono shop; kimono store
pitching a tent; putting up a shack or tent (e.g. a circus tent); (theater, circus, etc.) tent or shack
float at a festival upon which one can dance
building with a gabled, hipped roof
to do something useless; to gild the lily; to gild refined gold; (lit.) to build a roof atop the roof
house for rent; rented house; renting a house
conical roof; peaked roof; pointed roof; spire
sweet potato shop; sweet potato seller
common variety of women's kimono sash
high-class Edo-period pleasure house (where outside prostitutes were hired to entertained guests)
jack-of-all-trades; all-rounder; generalist; general merchant; general store
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
moody person; temperamental person; fickle person
Chinese room (artificial intelligence thought experiment)
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.)
dwelling; house; residence; address
sake brewer; sake brewery
fastidious person; fussy person; faultfinder; nitpicker; stickler
meal (esp. dinner) served in one's room (at a ryokan)
hut; shanty; hovel; house built directly into the ground with no supporting stones
inside story; confidential talk
side house (to the east, west, or north of a main residence; home to women, children and servants)
someone who feels the cold; someone sensitive to cold
labor camp; labour camp; low-quality accommodation for laborers
moody person; temperamental person; fickle person
person who lives an extravagant lifestyle
outdoor photography; outdoor filming
one skilled at obtaining publicity
merchant; merchandiser; shop; shopkeeper; trader
internal wiring (within a building)
alley house; rear tenement; slum
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
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
superstitious person; practical joker; peddler; itinerant salesman
snoop; meddler; nosey parker; buttinsky; kibbitzer
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
adult toy shop (i.e. a sex shop)
mahjong parlour; mahjong parlor
illegal bookie; unlicensed bookmaker
sweet potato shop; sweet potato seller
people or companies that forcefully and illegally expel defaulting tenants from their lodgings
brothel fronting as a tea house, inn, restaurant, etc.
hachiya (variety of astringent Japanese persimmon)
highest ranked wrestler in a stable
cabinet of curiosities; chamber of curiosities; Wunderkammer
coach associated with another coach's stable
fashionable person; dandy; flashy dresser; fop
long hitter (golf, baseball, etc.); fast driver
show-off; limelighter; attention seeker
run-down shabby house; (arch.) rag and scrap merchant
pachinko parlor; pachinko hall
brothel fronting as a tea house, inn, restaurant, etc.
drinking establishment where one drinks while standing
true love; deep love; love for someone so deep that it can reach a crow perched on that person's roof
dilapidated house; tumbledown house; hovel; miserable shack
cheap drinking spot (pub, tavern, etc.)
gambrel roof; mansard roof
bashful person; very shy person
professional relationship ender
obstinate person; blockhead
earthquake-resistant buildings
blown-off roof Yamato-e painting technique; depiction of a building without its roof to show the interior
restaurant specializing in fried beef or pork offal
hanging roof over the ring
thrifty person; stingy person; tight-fisted person
tenement house with no windows
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
living in rented quarters
tent-shaped mosquito net (often used to protect infants)
person who is hard to please; grouch; complainer; whiner
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
ragman; junkman; garbage man
Marten's pearl oyster (Pinctada fucata martensii); Akoya pearl oyster
moody person; temperamental person; fickle person
home in which a woman stays during her period (or while giving birth); period; menstruation; menses
labor camp; labour camp; low-quality accommodation for laborers
snoop; meddler; nosey parker; buttinsky; kibbitzer
snoop; meddler; nosey parker; buttinsky; kibbitzer
adult toy shop (i.e. a sex shop)
maternity room; delivery room
fashionable person; dandy; flashy dresser; fop
painted maple (Acer mono)
Japanese bay scallop (Pecten albicans)
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)
dilapidated house; tumbledown house; hovel; miserable shack
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
(clandestine) brothel (Edo period); whorehouse
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
building relocation (without disassembly); house relocation
building relocation (without disassembly); house relocation
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