renting a house in the same block
Historical term for renting a house in the same row or block of houses as someone else. Rare in modern Japanese; the concept is now expressed with phrases like 同じ長屋に住む.
See also: 相借家 (あいじゃくや)
person renting a house in the same block
Historical term for a person who rents a house in the same block as oneself. Extremely rare; modern Japanese would use 同じ長屋の住人 or similar.
See also: 相借家 (あいじゃくや)
In the Edo period, the word 相店 was used to refer to living in the same row house.
Old documents contain descriptions of interactions between people who rented houses in the same block.
Formed from 相, marking a shared relationship, and 店, here read たな and meaning a rented house. It referred to fellow tenants in the same row or block and, by extension, their relationship.