床とこ屋や

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Common wordJLPTN4Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

noun

barbershop; barber

Refers to a traditional barbershop or the barber themselves. Often used in everyday conversation.

近きん所じょの床とこ屋やで髪かみを切きってもらっ

た

。

I got my hair cut at the neighborhood barbershop.

床とこ屋やさんにひげを剃そってもらう。

I have the barber shave my beard.

Usage patterns

床とこ屋やに行いくto go to the barbershop
月つきに一いち度ど、床とこ屋やに行いって髪かみを切きる。
Once a month I go to the barbershop and get my hair cut.
床とこ屋やで髪かみを切きってもらうto get a haircut at the barbershop
駅えき前まえの床とこ屋やで髪かみを切きってもらった。
I got my hair cut at the barbershop near the station.

Kanji

床bed, counter for beds, floor
屋roof, house, shop

Related words

理り髪はつ店てん
理髪店 is the formal, businesslike term for a barbershop, while 床屋 is the casual, everyday word people use in conversation.
理り容よう室しつ
理容室 is a somewhat formal, modern term for a barbershop, often seen on signs, whereas 床屋 is the traditional, colloquial word.
美び容よう院いんN4
床屋 is a casual, everyday word for a barber shop traditionally associated with men's haircuts, while 美容院 is the general term for a beauty/hair salon serving all customers.

Don't confuse with

美び容よう院いんN4
美容院 is a beauty salon geared toward hairstyling (often for women), while 床屋 is a traditional barbershop typically for men's haircuts.

Word family

床とこ屋や談だん義ぎ
barbershop talk; idle chatter

Built from

床とこ+屋や

Written forms

床とこ屋やUsage100%
Standard kanji spelling.
トコヤUsage<1%

Etymology

From 床店, a shop operated on a raised platform or floor space; barbers commonly worked in such premises. The shortened form 床屋 came to denote both the shop and the barber.