ヤドカリ

noun

hermit crab

Common word for the crustacean that lives in empty shells. Usually written in katakana.

• 海かい岸がんでヤドカリを見みつけた。

  I found a hermit crab on the beach.

• ヤドカリは貝かい殻がらを背せ負おって歩あるく。

  Hermit crabs walk around carrying shells on their backs.

noun

renting a house

Only when written 宿借り

Rare, literary, or historical term for house rental. Modern Japanese normally uses 借家 or 賃貸.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいには宿やど借かりという言こと葉ばが使つかわれた。

  In the Edo period, the word 宿借り was used for renting a house.

noun

tenant; renter

Only when written 宿借り

Rare, literary, or historical term for a person who rents a house. Modern Japanese normally uses 借家人 or 賃借人.

• 古こ文ぶん書しょには宿やど借かりとして名なが記しるされている。

  In old documents, the name is recorded as a tenant.