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八百屋 (やおや): greengrocer — Japanese vocabulary

八百屋 is read やおや and means "greengrocer". JLPT N5 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

八百屋

Reading
やおや · yaoya
Translation
greengrocer
Level
JLPT N5
Pitch accent
やおやが

Example

八百屋でトマトを買いました。

やおやでトマトをかいました。

I bought tomatoes at the greengrocer's.

Kanji in this word

  • 八 — eight
  • 百 — hundred
  • 屋 — shop, roof

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