たまや
Japanese
Noun
たまや • (tamaya)
- 玉屋: a store or person selling beads; a store or person selling bubbles; (historical) during the Edo period, a red-light district in the north of modern-day Asakusa; (historical) a kabuki work including a dance about a seller of bubbles; (historical) a popular manufacturer of fireworks in the first half of the 1800s
- 霊屋: # (Shinto) a shrine dedicated to a specific individual; (Shinto) a place where the remains of the dead are kept temporarily during a period of mourning, prior to burial at a formal funeral; (Shinto) a roof placed over a grave, sometimes built to shelter offerings, incense, and the like from the elements