屋台
Meanings
festival float; portable shrine-like float; dancing platform
Traditional festival use. Depending on the region and festival, 屋台 can mean a decorated float, a house-shaped portable shrine structure, or a platform used for dancing or performance.
See also: 踊り屋台
At the festival, they pull the ornate floats around the neighborhood.
The children danced on the festival dancing platform.
large building-shaped stage prop
Theatrical stagecraft term for a prop or set piece fashioned after a large building. This is not the everyday food-stall meaning.
The stagehands set a large castle-shaped prop on the stage.
Abbreviated use of 屋台骨, referring to the structural framework or foundation of a building. Limited compared with the full form 屋台骨.
See also: 屋台骨
As an abbreviation of 屋台骨, 屋台 can refer to a building's framework.
small shabby house
Archaic use for a house, especially a small or miserable one. It is not a normal modern word for a house.
In older writing, 屋台 can refer to a small shabby house.
Usage patterns
- 〈場所〉に屋台が出るfor food stalls to appear/be set up at a place
On festival days, food stalls are set up in front of the shrine.
- 屋台を出すto run/open a food stall
I set up a food stall at the festival with a friend.
- 屋台で〈物〉を買うto buy something at a food stall
I bought some takoyaki at a food stall and ate it.
- 屋台が並ぶfor stalls to line up in a row
The stalls were lined up in a row along the night market street.