床屋

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Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term
とこ
Grade: S

Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Etymology[edit]

From (とこ) (toko, raised floor) + () (ya, shop), due to how barbershops were historically often 床店(とこみせ) (tokomise, stall with a raised floor used as a store).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

(とこ)() (tokoya

  1. barbershop; barber
  2. hairdresser's; hairdresser

References[edit]

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN