相あい店だな

noun

renting a house in the same block

Historical term for renting a house in the same row or block of houses as someone else. Rare in modern Japanese; the concept is now expressed with phrases like 同じ長屋に住む.

See also: 相借家 (あいじゃくや)

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいには、相あい店だなという言こと葉ばで同おなじ長なが屋やに住すむことを表あらわした。

  In the Edo period, the word 相店 was used to refer to living in the same row house.

noun

person renting a house in the same block

Historical term for a person who rents a house in the same block as oneself. Extremely rare; modern Japanese would use 同じ長屋の住人 or similar.

See also: 相借家 (あいじゃくや)

• 古こ文もん書じょには、相あい店だな同どう士しの付つき合あいについての記き述じゅつがある。

  Old documents contain descriptions of interactions between people who rented houses in the same block.