道具屋

Japanese

Kanji in this term
道	具	屋
どう Grade: 2	ぐ Grade: 3	や Grade: 3
jūbakoyomi

Noun

道(どう)具(ぐ)屋(や) • (dōguya) 

1. secondhand goods shop
   • 1906, Natsume Sōseki, Botchan‎^[1]:

     :

     道(どう)具(ぐ)屋(や)を呼(よ)んで来(き)て、先(せん)祖(ぞ)代(だい)々(だい)の瓦(が)落(らく)多(た)を二(に)束(そく)三(さん)文(もん)に売(う)った。

     Dōguya o yonde kite, senzodaidai no garakuta o nisokusanmon ni utta.

     ...he sent for a second-hand dealer and sold for a song all the bric-a-brac which had been handed down from ages ago in our family.