小こ屋や

noun

hut; cabin; shed; animal pen

A small, simple building, often for shelter, storage, work, or keeping animals. Common in compounds such as 山小屋, 犬小屋, and 鶏小屋.

• 庭にわに道どう具ぐをしまう小こ屋やを建たてた。

  We built a shed in the garden to store tools.

• 夕ゆう方がた、鶏にわとりを小こ屋やに戻もどした。

  In the evening, I put the chickens back in the pen.

noun

small theatre; temporary playhouse; circus tent; booth

Only with reading こや

Used for small or temporary entertainment structures, especially in compounds like 芝居小屋, 見世物小屋, and サーカス小屋. This sense is read こや.

• 古ふるい芝しば居い小屋ごやで芝しば居いを見みた。

  We watched a play in an old small theatre.

• 祭まつりの見み世せ物もの小屋ごやに人ひとが集あつまっていた。

  People had gathered at the show booth at the festival.

noun

my humble home; one's own house

Humble colloquial use for referring to one's own house; the reading しょうおく is especially associated with this sense. It is uncommon in everyday modern speech compared with 家 or 自宅.

• 「小こ屋や」は、自じ分ぶんの家いえをへりくだっていう言いい方かたとして使つかわれる。

  小屋, read しょうおく, is used as a humble way to refer to one's own home.