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うなぎ屋 (うなぎや) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

うなぎ屋や

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Meanings

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noun

eel restaurant

A restaurant specializing in eel dishes, typically grilled eel (unagi).

週しゅう末まつに有ゆう名めいなうなぎ屋やに行いってきた。
I went to a famous eel restaurant over the weekend.

Written forms

うなぎ屋やUsage58%
Common kana-kanji mixed spelling; the kanji 鰻 is less frequently used in everyday writing.
鰻うなぎ屋やUsage42%
Kanji spelling using 鰻; may appear on traditional shop signs or in literary contexts.

Kanji

鰻eel
屋

roof, house, shop

Similar words

鰻うなぎ
Refers to the eel itself, not the restaurant.
寿す司し屋や
A sushi restaurant; 屋 is a common suffix for shops.

Etymology

Compound of 鰻 (unagi, 'eel') and 屋 (ya, 'shop').