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    3. 屋号

    屋号

    屋や号ごう

    name of store

    KMT10News #38+1NounBusiness & FinanceKanji Vocab14 strokes

    家号

    やごう

    Noun

    1.
    name of store, trade name (esp. of a sole proprietorship)
    2.
    stage name (e.g. of actor)

    Stroke 0 / 14

    Speed1.0x

    その店みせの屋や号ごうは「田た中なか商しょう店てん」です。

    The trade name of that store is "Tanaka Shoten."

    KMT10Business & Finance
    歌か舞ぶ伎き役やく者しゃは代だい々だ受いうけ継つがれる屋や号ごうを持もっている。

    Kabuki actors have stage names that are passed down through generations.

    KMT10Business & FinanceCulture & Traditions
    江え戸ど時じ代だい、多おおくの商しょう人にんは本ほん名みょうとは別べつに屋や号ごうを用もちいて商しょう売ばいをしていた。

    In the Edo period, many merchants used a trade name separate from their real name for business.

    KMT10Business & FinanceHistoryCulture & Traditions
    彼かれは独どく立りつして新あたらしい屋や号ごうで事じ業ぎょうを始はじめた。

    He became independent and started a business with a new trade name.

    KMT10Business & FinanceWork & Career
    伝でん統とう的てきな和わ菓が子し屋やでは、屋や号ごうが店みせの歴れき史しと信しん用ようを表あらわす。

    In traditional Japanese confectionery shops, the trade name represents the store's history and credibility.

    KMT10Business & FinanceCulture & TraditionsFood & Dining

    Kanji that make up this word

    屋
    や…(2)
    roof・house・shop・dealer・seller
    号
    さけ.ぶ・よびな…(1)
    nickname・number・item・title・pseudonym…(2)
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