床屋

Japanese

Kanji in this term
床	屋
とこ Grade: S	や Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Etymology

From 床(とこ) (toko, “raised floor”) + 屋(や) (ya, “shop”), due to how barbershops were historically often 床店(とこみせ) (tokomise, “stall with a raised floor used as a store”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) とこや [tòkóyá] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [to̞ko̞ja̠]

Noun

床(とこ)屋(や) • (tokoya)

barbershop; barber
hairdresser's; hairdresser

References

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[NHK-1] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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