しおや

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of しおや – see the following entry.

【塩屋】 [noun] [from 1014] a producer of salt [noun] [from 1588] a shop or other business that sells salt; the shopkeeper of such a business [noun] [from 1775] bragging, haughtiness; a braggart, a haughty person (from the behavior of salt sellers in Edo and / or Kyoto) [proper noun] a surname [proper noun] the name of various places in Japan

(This term, しおや (shioya), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)