塩屋

Japanese

Kanji in this term
塩	屋
しお Grade: 4	や Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
鹽屋 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 塩 (shio, “salt”) +‎ 屋 (ya, “house; building; store, shop; shopkeeper”).

First cited in The Tale of Genji, circa 1014.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しお​や [shìóꜜyà] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [ɕio̞ja̠]

Noun

塩(しお)屋(や) • (shioya) ^{←しほや (sifoya)?}

1. [from 1014] a producer of salt
2. [from 1588] a shop or other business that sells salt; the shopkeeper of such a business

   Synonym: 塩売り (shio-uri)

3. [from 1775] bragging, haughtiness; a braggart, a haughty person (from the behavior of salt sellers in Edo and / or Kyoto)

   Synonyms: (bragging) 自慢 (jiman), (arrogance, haughtiness) 高慢 (kōman)

Proper noun

塩(しお)屋(や) • (Shioya) ^{←しほや (sifoya)?}

1. a surname
2. the name of various places in Japan