店子(たなこ)

たなこ
noun
tenant (of a rented house or room)
personhistory
1. tenant; renter
A person who rents a house or room from a landlord. Old-fashioned, best known from the set pair 大家(おおや)と店子(たなこ) (landlord and tenant); in modern use 入居者(にゅうきょしゃ) or 借(か)り手(て) is usual.
大家(おおや)と店子(たなこ)。
Landlord and tenant.
長屋(ながや)の店子(たなこ)たちは仲(なか)がよかった。
The tenants of the row house got along well.
落語(らくご)には、人情(にんじょう)のある大家(おおや)と貧(まず)しい店子(たなこ)がよく登場(とうじょう)する。
Rakugo stories often feature a kindly landlord and his poor tenants.

The 店(たな) is an old word for a rented dwelling. The saying 大家(おおや)といえば親(おや)も同然(どうぜん)、店子(たなこ)といえば子(こ)も同然(どうぜん) ("a landlord is like a parent, a tenant like a child") reflects the close Edo-period relationship.

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Compare: 大家(おおや) (landlord)
Compare: 家主(やぬし) (landlord, house owner)
Compare: 入居者(にゅうきょしゃ) (tenant, resident)
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