越えち後ご屋や

noun

Echigoya (surname)

A Japanese family name. Not a common word; primarily a proper noun.

• 越えち後ご屋やさんという名みょう字じの人ひとがいる。

  There is a person with the surname Echigoya.

noun

Echigoya (stock villain in period dramas)

A fictional character type in jidaigeki: a greedy, scheming merchant. Often used as a byword for a corrupt businessman.

• 時じ代だい劇げきでは、越えち後ご屋やが悪あく代だい官かんと結けっ託たくして悪あく事じを働はたらく。

  In period dramas, Echigoya colludes with the corrupt magistrate to do evil deeds.