merchant's home; shopkeeper's residence
Historical term used especially by apprentices or employees to refer to the merchant household where they lived and worked. Not used for modern shops.
See also: 店 (たな)
your rental home; your rented house
Polite term used historically to refer to someone else's rented home, often by a landlord or neighbor. Obsolete in modern Japanese.
See also: 店 (たな)
The apprentice lived and worked at the merchant's home to learn the trade.
It was used in situations where a landlord would ask a tenant, 'How is your rental home?'
merchant house employee; tradesman
Polite prefix お + 店 (たな, historical term for a merchant's establishment or home). The reading たな is archaic and distinct from modern みせ.