店屋(みせや)

みせや
noun
store; shop; shopkeeper
buildingperson
1. store; shop
A general term for a store or shop. More commonly used in compounds or older speech.
駅前(えきまえ)に新(あたら)しい店屋(みせや)ができた。
A new shop opened in front of the station.
近所(きんじょ)の店屋(みせや)はどこも夜(よる)早(はや)く閉(し)まる。
The shops in the neighborhood all close early in the evening.
この通(とお)りには小(ちい)さな店屋(みせや)が並(なら)んでいる。
Small shops line this street.
子(こ)どもの頃(ころ)は、よくお店屋(みせや)さんごっこをして遊(あそ)んだ。
When I was a child, I often played shop.
2. shopkeeper; store owner
A person who runs a shop. This usage is somewhat dated.
店屋(みせや)のおじさんに道(みち)を聞(き)いた。
I asked the shopkeeper for directions.
昔(むかし)は店屋(みせや)をやっていた。
They used to run a shop in the old days.

店屋(みせや) is a somewhat older word for shop or store.

Compounds

  • 店屋(てんや)物(もの): takeout food; delivery food (from restaurants)

Note: In this compound, the reading changes to てんや

Similar words

店屋(てんや)物(もの) is still commonly used to refer to restaurant takeout or delivery food, especially when contrasting with home-cooked meals.

Related Words

Compare: 店舗(てんぽ) (store, business premises)
Compare: ショップ (shop)
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Added 2026.1.29 20:11 · Revised 2026.10.5 21:33
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