塩屋

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”).[1][2][3]

First cited in The Tale of Genji, circa 1014.[1]

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しお​や [shìóꜜyà] (Nakadaka – [2])[3]
• 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[1])

   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

References

1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
3. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN