道具屋

Japanese

Kanji in this term
道	具	屋
どう Grade: 2	ぐ Grade: 3	や Grade: 3
on’yomi		kun’yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) どーぐや [dòógúyá] (Heiban – [0])[1][2][3]
IPA^(key): [do̞ːɡɯ̟ᵝja̠]

Noun

道(どう)具(ぐ)屋(や) • (dōguya)

secondhand goods shop
- 1906, Natsume Sōseki, Botchan‎:
  :
  道(どう)具(ぐ)屋(や)を呼(よ)んで来(き)て、先(せん)祖(ぞ)代(だい)々(だい)の瓦(が)落(らく)多(た)を二(に)束(そく)三(さん)文(もん)に売(う)った。
  Dōguya o yonde kite, senzodaidai no garakuta o nisokusanmon ni utta.
  ...he sent for a second-hand dealer and sold for a song all the bric-a-brac which had been handed down from ages ago in our family.

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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

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