Meaning

Primary

Butcher Shop

Alternatives

Meat Shop, Meat Store

Word Type

noun

Explanation

A meat shop is a place that sells meat. Who sells meat? A butcher shop!

肉屋 often refers to the butcher shop, but it can also mean the actual butchers who work there. You might also see this as お肉屋さん, but that won't change the meaning — it can still be either the shop or the butcher, depending on context!

Reading

にくや
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

For you use the にく reading (which you learned with the kanji). For you use the kun'yomi, which you learned with the kanji. Basically, if you learned the kanji readings, you can read this word!

Context

Common Word Combinations

  • 肉屋ではたらく

    to work at the butcher shop

    肉屋で買う

    to buy at the butcher shop

    肉屋でもらう

    to receive at the butcher shop

Context Sentences

肉屋さんで牛肉を四百グラム買いました。

I bought 400 grams of beef at the butcher shop.

日本の肉屋さんでは、コロッケやカツなどが売ってますよ。

Japanese butchers sell croquettes and cutlets.

私の生まれた小さい町には「お肉屋さん」と言う名前のベジタリアンのレストランがあったの。今思い出すと、なんだか皮肉な名前よね。

In the small town where I was born, there was a vegetarian restaurant named "Butcher." Now that I recall it, it's kind of a sarcastic name.

Kanji Composition