counter for buildings (esp. houses)
Used to count houses, shops, and other buildings. Often follows a number or quantifier.
Ten houses line this street.
A new shop has opened on that corner.
suffix for pen names, stage names, etc.
Attached to a name to indicate a professional or artistic alias. Common in historical or literary contexts.
He is known by the pen name 'Ichiyō'.
The ukiyo-e artist used the name 'Utamaro'.
There are three bookstores in this town.
Small shops line up one after another along the shopping street.