| term | pronunciation | English |
|---|
| 便利屋 | べんりや | handyman |
| 屋上 | おくじょう | a rooftop, a housetop |
| パン屋 | パンや | a bakery |
| 小屋 | こや | a hut, a shed, a shack, a booth, a pen |
| 家屋 | かおく | house, building |
| 岩屋 | いわや | cave |
| 床屋 | とこや | barber |
| 店屋 | みせや | store, shop |
| 本屋で働 | ほんやではたらく | to work at a bookshop |
| 屋根 | やね | a roof |
| 犬小屋 | いぬごや | kennel |
| 八百屋 | やおや | greengrocer |
| 肉屋 | にくや | butcher |
| 質屋 | しちや | a pawn shop |
| 部屋 | へや | a room, a chamber |
| 酒屋 | さかや | liquor shop |
| 居酒屋 | いざかや | an izakaya, a Japanese-style bar |
| 電気屋 | でんきや | electrician |
| 魚屋 | さかなや | a fish shop |
| 下駄屋 | げたや | clog shop |
| 傘屋 | かさや | umbrella shop |
| 卸問屋 | おろしどんや | wholesaler |
| 問屋 | とんや, といや | wholesale store |
| 寺子屋 | てらこや | temple elementary school (during the Edo period) |
| 屋台 | やたい | cart, esp. food cart; (festival) float |
| 屋外 | おくがい | outdoors, alfresco |
| 庄屋 | しょうや | village headman |
| 料理屋 | りょうりや | restaurant |
| 松屋 | まつや | Matsuya (department store) |
| 紺屋 | こうや, こんや | dyer |
| 総会屋 | そうかいや | extortionist that threatens to disrupt stock-holder meetings |
| 芝居小屋 | しばいごや | playhouse, theatre, theater |
| 茅屋 | ぼうおく | thatched cottage, hovel, my humble cottage |
| 茶屋 | ちゃや | tea house, tea dealer |
| 菓子屋 | かしや | confectionery shop |
| 蚊屋 | かや | mosquito net |
| 鍛冶屋 | かじや | smith, blacksmith |
| 靴屋 | くつや | shoemaker, shoe store |
| 飲み屋 | のみや | bar, saloon |