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Meanings
1
jeweler; jewelry store
A shop or person dealing in gems and jewelry. The term is straightforward but not the most common modern word; 宝石店 is more frequent.
I bought a ring at that jeweler.
2
soap bubble vendor
archaic
Archaic term for a street vendor who sold soap bubbles, often associated with the Edo period. Not used in modern Japanese.
In the Edo period, soap bubble vendors sold bubbles in town.