店たな賃ちん

noun

house rent

Historical term for house rent; in modern Japanese, 家賃 (やちん) is the standard word. 店賃 may still be encountered in historical documents or period pieces.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいの長なが屋やでは、店たな賃ちんを毎まい月つき大おお家やに支し払はらっていた。

  In Edo-period tenements, residents paid house rent to the landlord every month.