部屋

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

Etymology

Originally a compound of へ (he, “separate”, cognate with the first element in 隔たる (hedataru, “to be apart”)) +‎ 屋 (ya, “roof, house”).[1]

First cited to the late 900s.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

部(へ)屋(や) • (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(はっ)角(かく)部(べ)屋(や)
    Hakkaku-beya
    Hakkaku stable

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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