帽子屋(ぼうしや)

ぼうしや
noun
hat shop; hatter
1. hat shop; hatter
A shop specializing in selling hats, or a person who makes or sells hats.
駅前(えきまえ)に帽子屋(ぼうしや)がある。
There's a hat shop in front of the station.
帽子屋(ぼうしや)で夏用(なつよう)の麦(むぎ)わら帽子(ぼうし)を買(か)った。
I bought a straw hat for summer at a hat shop.
この商店街(しょうてんがい)に昔(むかし)からある帽子屋(ぼうしや)は、手作(てづく)りの帽子(ぼうし)で知(し)られている。
The hat shop that has been in this shopping street for a long time is known for its handmade hats.

A compound of 帽子(ぼうし) (hat) and 屋(や) (shop, dealer). The suffix 屋(や) is one of the most productive word-forming elements in Japanese, attaching to products to create shop names: 花屋(はなや) (flower shop), 本屋(ほんや) (bookshop), 魚屋(さかなや) (fish shop), etc.

帽子屋(ぼうしや) can also refer to the person who runs the shop (the hatter), following the same pattern as 八百屋(やおや) (greengrocer, or the greengrocery).

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 帽子屋(ぼうしや)で買(か)う: to buy at a hat shop
  • 帽子屋(ぼうしや)の店主(てんしゅ): the owner of a hat shop
  • 老舗(しにせ)の帽子屋(ぼうしや): a long-established hat shop

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • 帽子(ぼうし)専門店(せんもんてん): hat specialty store — more modern and formal expression
  • 洋品店(ようひんてん): Western clothing store — a broader category that may include hats
  • 靴屋(くつや): shoe shop — follows the same product}+{屋(や) pattern
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