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

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
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