男おとこ部屋べや

noun

room for menservants

Historical term for a room where male servants stayed or worked, often in a traditional household or inn. Contrasts with 女部屋 (room for maidservants).

See also: 女部屋

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいの大おおきな商しょう家かには、男おとこ部屋べやと女おんな部べ屋やが分わかれていた。

  In large merchant houses of the Edo period, there were separate rooms for male and female servants.