Aug 18, 2012 02:31
11 yrs ago
Japanese term
卍屋
Non-PRO
Japanese to English
Art/Literary
History
Edo period Japanese
A character has referred to himself as a 卍屋の若い者 and refers to a 親分 in a piece that takes place in the Edo period. My attempt to research this has only come up with results about the 卍 character, not what a 卍屋 is. My first thought that it had to do with the spiritual background of the character, but then the 親分 does not make sense. Does anyone have an idea?
Proposed translations
(English)
3 +1 | adult toys dealer | Nathan Takase |
5 | Adult store | naruru |
3 +1 | Manji-ya | cinefil |
Proposed translations
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11 hrs
Selected
adult toys dealer
If there is explanation in the story, or if you wanted to add some, then Manjiya may work fine. A quick search on Google reveals the following:
「江戸時代―男女和合の秘具や媚薬を扱う業者を、卍屋と呼んだ。」
http://books.google.co.jp/books/about/卍屋龍次無明斬り.html?id=118ZP...
「秘具媚薬を商う卍屋」
hon.gakken.jp/author/鳴海丈
So it would seem that your 卍屋 is a dealer of adult toys/sex toys and aphrodisiacs. Depending on the context and content, shop may be more appropriate than dealer.
「江戸時代―男女和合の秘具や媚薬を扱う業者を、卍屋と呼んだ。」
http://books.google.co.jp/books/about/卍屋龍次無明斬り.html?id=118ZP...
「秘具媚薬を商う卍屋」
hon.gakken.jp/author/鳴海丈
So it would seem that your 卍屋 is a dealer of adult toys/sex toys and aphrodisiacs. Depending on the context and content, shop may be more appropriate than dealer.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you for the thorough answer, it helped a lot!"
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30 mins
Manji-ya
や【屋・家】
名
人の住むために造った建築物。いえ。家屋。住宅。〈和名抄一○〉
屋根。「—の棟」
接尾
その職業の家またはその人を表す語。「花—」「八百—」
家号や雅号、書斎に用いる語。「鈴—(スズノヤ)」「播磨—」
あなどりやからかいの気持をこめて人を呼ぶ語。
性向を表す語に添え、そのような傾向の人である意を表す。「わからず—」「やかまし—」「がんばり—」
仕事・分野を表す語に添え、そればかりを専門としている人の意を表す。「政治—」「技術—」
や‐ごう【屋号】‥ガウ
商家または俳優などの家の称号。伊勢屋・成田屋の類。
広辞苑 第四
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Note added at 36 mins (2012-08-18 03:08:02 GMT)
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http://kotobank.jp/word/屋号
名
人の住むために造った建築物。いえ。家屋。住宅。〈和名抄一○〉
屋根。「—の棟」
接尾
その職業の家またはその人を表す語。「花—」「八百—」
家号や雅号、書斎に用いる語。「鈴—(スズノヤ)」「播磨—」
あなどりやからかいの気持をこめて人を呼ぶ語。
性向を表す語に添え、そのような傾向の人である意を表す。「わからず—」「やかまし—」「がんばり—」
仕事・分野を表す語に添え、そればかりを専門としている人の意を表す。「政治—」「技術—」
や‐ごう【屋号】‥ガウ
商家または俳優などの家の称号。伊勢屋・成田屋の類。
広辞苑 第四
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Note added at 36 mins (2012-08-18 03:08:02 GMT)
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http://kotobank.jp/word/屋号
Peer comment(s):
agree |
Akiteru Sasayama
2 hrs
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Thanks a lot!
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neutral |
humbird
: Good research as always, but this does not tell much about real social function and nature of 卍屋.
12 hrs
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14 hrs
Adult store
This can also mean, plainly, adult store.
Peer comment(s):
neutral |
humbird
: Well could be, but the asker also mention 親分, so I'm under the impression this is something to do with underground operation. So it appears having a deeper coonotation than just adult store.
1 hr
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Ah I see what you mean! Thank you for explaining it to me! :) <3
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