本屋

ほんや

Meanings

1. Noun bookstore; bookshop
2. publisher
3. main building

Kanji

• 本 origin. Read as ホン.
• 屋 shop. Read as や.

Example sentences

• 角を曲がったところに本屋がある。
  There is a bookstore just around the corner.
• 駅前の本屋はとても大きい。
  The bookstore across from the station is very large.
• ホテルに本屋はありますか。
  Is there a book store in the hotel?
• そんな場所で本屋をやっても商売が成り立たないだろう。
  A bookstore in that location wouldn't make enough money to survive.
• そのデパートの前に本屋があります。
  There is a bookstore in front of the department store.

Common phrases

• 本屋に行く

Words containing 本屋

• 古本屋 (ふるほんや) secondhand bookshop
• 貸本屋 (かしほんや) rental library
• 製本屋 (せいほんや) bookbinder

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