部屋

部屋

Japanese

Kanji in this term
部	屋
へ Grade: 3	や Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) へや​ [hèyáꜜ] (Odaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [he̞ja̠]

Noun

部屋 (hiragana へや, rōmaji heya)

1. room (of a house or hotel), chamber, apartment, flat
2. (sumo) a stable where rikishi live and train together under a shisho oyakata (stable master)

   八角 (はっかく)部 (べ)屋 (や)

   Hakkaku-beya

   Hakkaku stable

References

1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN