stall-keeper; street vendor; huckster
Refers to a person who runs a stall, especially at festivals or fairs, often with a connotation of selling cheap or dubious goods. Can be used neutrally or pejoratively.
At the festival, a stall-keeper had set up a goldfish scooping booth.
あの的屋はいつも怪しい商品を売っている。
That street vendor always sells suspicious merchandise.
Standard kanji spelling.
Katakana spelling, often used in casual or slangy contexts.
The origin is uncertain. The kanji 的 (target) and 屋 (shop/person) may be ateji, and the word is possibly derived from a slang or jargon term for a type of peddler.