部屋へや

へ

や

Common wordJLPTN5Freq.FrequencyTop 1,000

Meanings

noun

room; chamber

A room in a building, house, or other structure. The most common meaning.

自じ分ぶんの部屋へやで勉べん強きょうする。
I study in my room.
この部屋へやはとても広ひろいですね。
This room is very spacious, isn't it?

noun

apartment; flat; pad

Used to refer to one's own living space, especially in casual conversation. Often implies a rented apartment or a personal room within a shared house.

週しゅう末まつは友とも達だちの部屋へやに泊とまった。
I stayed at my friend's apartment over the weekend.
新あたらしい部屋へやを探さがしている。
I'm looking for a new place.

noun

sumo stable

abbreviationsumo

Abbreviation of 相撲部屋. Refers to a training stable for sumo wrestlers. Domain-specific sumo term.

Usage patterns

〈場所ばしょ〉〉に部屋へやを借かりるto rent a room/apartment in a place
東とう京きょうに部屋へやを借かりることにした。
I decided to rent an apartment in Tokyo.
部屋へやを持もつto own/run a sumo stable
元もと横よこ綱づなが新あたらしく部屋へやを持もった。
The former yokozuna started his own sumo stable.
部屋へやを片付かたづけるto tidy up a room
週しゅう末まつに部屋へやを片かた付づけるつもりだ。
I plan to tidy up my room this weekend.
部屋へやにこもるto shut oneself up in one's room
彼かれは一いち日にち中じゅう部屋へやにこもっていた。
He stayed shut up in his room all day.
部屋へやを探さがすto look for an apartment/room
引ひっ越こしのために部屋へやを探さがしている。
I'm looking for an apartment because I'm moving.
部屋へやに入はいるto enter a room
ノックをしてから部屋へやに入はいった。
I knocked before entering the room.

Expressions

下しもの部屋へやlower room; room for political officials (Edo period)
下したの部屋へやdownstairs room
驚きょう異いの部屋へやcabinet of curiosities; Wunderkammer
部屋へやを散ちらかすmess up a room; leave a room in a mess; scatter things around a room
部屋へや付つきの親おや方かたcoach attached to another stable

Kanji

部section, bureau, dept
屋roof, house, shop

Related words· 9

個こ室しつ sense 1
個室 specifically means a private, single-occupancy room, while 部屋 is the general word for any room.
相撲すもう部屋べや sense 3
相撲部屋 is the full, unabbreviated term for a sumo stable, while 部屋 is the casual shortened form used in sumo contexts.
室しつN1sense 1
室 is a more formal or technical term for a room, often used in compounds (教室) or official contexts, whereas 部屋 is the everyday word.
一いっ室しつ
部屋 is the general word for 'room,' while 一室 specifically emphasizes counting or referring to a single room, often in formal or written contexts.

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ルームN1
部屋 is the everyday native Japanese word for a room, while ルーム is a loanword mainly used in compounds like ルームメイト or to sound modern/Western.
自じ室しつ
部屋 is the general word for any room, while 自室 specifically means one's own private room.
間まN3
部屋 is the everyday, general word for a room, while 間 (ま) as 'room' appears mainly in set compounds and traditional Japanese room names like 茶の間.
客きゃく室しつN1
部屋 is the general word for any room, while 客室 specifically means a room set aside for guests or passengers.
居きょ室しつ
部屋 is a general word for any room, while 居室 specifically denotes a room used for daily living.

Don't confuse with

小こ屋やN3
小屋 (a small hut or shed) and 部屋 (a room inside a building) share the kanji 屋 but refer to completely different things.

Word family· 52

子こ供ども部屋べや
child's room; nursery
相部屋あいべや
sharing a room; dormitory room · match between wrestlers from the same stable
大おお部屋べや
large room · green room; performers' waiting room · junior actor; bit player · large hospital room; ward · ōbeya; obeya room
お部屋へや
room · apartment; flat
下しも部屋べや
servants' quarters; room for servants

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別べつ部屋べや
separate room; different room; another room
同どう部屋べや
wrestlers from the same stable
女おんな部屋べや
female servants' quarters · women's room; room with women · women's jail
寝ね部屋べや
bedroom; sleeping room
小こ部屋べや
small room; closet; cubicle; booth; stall
汚お部屋べや
messy room; dirty room
男おとこ部屋べや
room for menservants
角かど部屋べや
corner room; corner apartment

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Written forms

部屋へやUsage99%
Standard kanji spelling; high-frequency word.
へやUsage1%
Kana spelling is common in informal writing and for learners, though kanji is preferred in most contexts.

Etymology

Compound of 部 (へ, 'section, part') + 屋 (や, 'house, shop'). The reading へ is an older form of べ. Originally referred to a partitioned section of a building, later generalized to 'room'.