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小屋 (こや, koya) Japanese meaning: hut | Kotomora
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こ
屋や
を
建た
て
た
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We built a shed in the garden to store tools.
In the evening, I put the chickens back in the pen.
Usage patterns 〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 に 小こ 屋や を 建た てる to build a hut/shed in a place
I built a small shed in the backyard.
小こ 屋や を 掛か ける to set up a temporary theatre/booth (e.g. at a festival)
They set up a sideshow tent in the festival square.
小こ 屋や に 住す む to live in a hut/cabin
He lives alone in a cabin in the forest.
Related words· 6 家 is the ordinary, neutral word for a house or home, while 小屋 specifically implies a small, simple, or crudely built structure.
劇場 is a proper, often large theatre building, while 小屋 in this sense suggests a small, old-fashioned, or temporary venue like a circus tent.
納屋 is specifically a barn or storage shed for farm tools and goods, whereas 小屋 is broader and can also mean a hut, animal pen, or show tent.
小屋 is a general word for any small hut or shed, while バラック specifically implies a crudely or hastily built, often temporary shelter.
Show 2 more 小屋 is a common standalone word for a hut or shed, while 舎 expresses a similar 'building' idea mainly inside compounds like 牛舎 or 鶏舎.
小屋 is a native word for a small, rustic hut or shed, whereas キャビン suggests a modern or Western-style cabin, such as a log cabin or a room on a vessel.
Counted with Used when counting 小屋 (koya, hut/cabin) as a building structure.
Used for 小屋 (small huts/cabins) when emphasizing them as freestanding buildings or dwellings, like counting houses.
Etymology The common reading こや is transparently associated with 小 meaning 'small' and 屋 meaning 'building, house, shop.' The rare reading しょうおく uses on-yomi readings of the same kanji; the exact historical development of the humble sense is not specified.
temporary hut; booth; shack; shed
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