店たな

noun

merchant's home

Historical term for a dwelling that also served as a merchant's place of business. Not used in modern Japanese for a regular shop.

See also: お店

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいには、商しょう人にんが店たなに住すみながら商しょう売ばいをしていた。

  In the Edo period, merchants lived in their merchant homes while running their businesses.

noun

rented home

Archaic term for a rented residence. This meaning is obsolete in modern Japanese.

See also: お店

• 昔むかしは、長なが屋やの店たなを借かりて住すむ職しょく人にんが多おおかった。

  In the past, many craftsmen lived in rented homes in tenement houses.

noun

store; shop

Abbreviation of 見世棚 (みせだな). An archaic or literary term for a shop, originally referring to the display shelves. In modern Japanese, 店 (みせ) is the standard word.

See also: 店棚

• 「店たな」を「たな」と読よむのは、古ふるい言いい方かたです。

  Reading 店 as たな is an old-fashioned way of saying 'shop'.