宿屋

Japanese

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
宿 屋
やど
Grade: 3		 や
Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Compound of 宿 (yado, “inn, hotel”) +‎ 屋 (ya, “roof, house, building”).[1][2][3]

First cited to 1120.[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) やどや [yàdóyá] (Heiban – [0])[3]
  • IPA(key): [ja̠do̞ja̠]

Noun

宿(やど)屋(や) • (yadoya) 

  1. [from 1120] one's overnight lodgings
    Synonym: 宿泊所 (shukuhakusho)
  2. [from 1705] inn, (cheap) hotel
  3. [from 1678] (historical) during the Edo period, a high-end restaurant, banquet hall, or similar entertainment establishment where high-end courtesans would perform and wait on customers
    Synonym: 揚屋 (ageya)

See also

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
宿 屋
しゅく
Grade: 3		 や
Grade: 3
kan’on kun’yomi

Compound of 宿 (shuku, “inn, hotel”) +‎ 屋 (ya, “roof, house, building”), using the on'yomi reading for the 宿 kanji.[1]

Appears to be a dialectal regionalism used in the Echizen area, which apparently arose from the practice of using prettier and fire-resistant roofing materials for the stations (inns) along the old post roads.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ɕɨᵝkɯ̟ᵝja̠]

Noun

宿(しゅく)屋(や) • (shukuya) 

  1. a house with a roof covered in 瓦 (kawara, “ceramic roofing tiles”) or cedar shingles

References
  1. “宿屋”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. “宿屋”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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