本ほん屋や

noun

bookstore; bookshop

The most common meaning; a shop that sells books.

• 駅えき前まえの本ほん屋やで雑ざっ誌しを買かった。

  I bought a magazine at the bookstore in front of the station.

noun

publisher

Less common; refers to a publishing company. Often used in the name of a publisher, e.g., ○○本屋.

• あの本ほん屋やは学がく術じゅつ書しょを多おおく出だしている。

  That publisher puts out many academic books.

noun

main building

Rare; used in the context of a temple or shrine complex to refer to the main hall. More commonly expressed as 本堂.

• その寺てらの本ほん屋やは江え戸ど時じ代だいに建たてられた。

  The main building of that temple was built in the Edo period.