ももんじい屋や

noun

Edo-period game-meat vendor; butcher

Archaic term for a shop or person selling meat from large wild game such as deer or boar during the Edo period. The cross-reference ももんじ屋 is a variant spelling.

See also: ももんじ屋

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいには、ももんじい屋やで鹿しかや猪いのししの肉にくを買かうことができた。

  In the Edo period, you could buy deer and boar meat at a ももんじい屋.