Meaning

Primary

Shoe Store

Alternatives

Shoe Shop, Shoemaker's Shop

Word Type

noun

Explanation

A shoes shop is one that sells shoes. It's a shoe store or shoe shop.

Reading

くつや
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

The readings are the ones you learned with the kanji.

Context

Common Word Combinations

  • 靴屋を営む

    to run a shoe store

    靴屋を開く

    to open a shoe store

    靴屋をさがす

    to look for a shoe store

    靴屋を出る

    to leave a shoe store

Context Sentences

高橋さんの家の前には有名な靴屋さんがあります。

There is a famous shoe store in front of Mr. Takahashi's house.

うちは、いつも同じ靴屋で靴を買うんだよ。

We always buy shoes from the same shoe shop.

靴屋で職人として働きたいからってわざわざイタリアまで留学しなくてもよくない?

Just because you want to work as a craftsman in a shoe shop doesn't mean you have to go all the way to Italy to study abroad, don't you think?

靴屋での仕事に内定が出たが、結局こちらから断った。

I was offered a job at the shoe store, but I declined in the end.

Kanji Composition