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大家 (おおや): landlord — Japanese vocabulary

大家 is read おおや and means "landlord". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

大家

Reading
おおや · ooya
Translation
landlord
Level
JLPT N3
Pitch accent
おおやが

Example

その大家は以前は暮らし向きがよかったそうだ。

そのおおやはいぜんはくらしむきがよかったそうだ。

They say the landlord used to be well off.

Kanji in this word

  • 大 — large, big
  • 家 — house, family

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