Meaning
質屋 (しちや, shichiya) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “pawnshop”.
Kanji in this word
Example sentences 10
彼女は宝石類を質屋に入れました
She put some jewels in the pawnshop.
彼は質屋から時計買い戻した。
He redeemed his watch from the pawnbroker.
生家岩瀬家は木場の質屋だったという。
It is said that the Iwase family, which he was born into, ran a pawnshop in Kiba.
一、質屋、金貸しは孫子の代までやるな。
Never run a pawnshop or money-lending business, even down to your grandchildren's generation.
旧幕臣と協力して質屋を経営するが失敗する。
He jointly ran a business of pawnbroking with a former shogunate retainer, but failed.
寄生地主の中には質屋などの金融業を兼業した。
Some parasitic landlords had a side business as a moneylender such as a pawnshop.
現在の質屋のように物品を質草として担保とした。
Like modern pawnshops, they required borrowers to leave goods as collateral.
私は自分の高級時計をその質屋に持っていくつもりだ。
I'll bring my expensive watch to the pawnbroker's shop.
「私はシティーの近くのコバーグスクエアで小さな質屋の店をやってます。
"I have a small pawnbroker's business at Coburg Square, near the City.
「蛸芝居」「質屋芝居」「本能寺」などの芝居噺では、歌舞伎の下座音楽となる。
In kabuki routines like 'Octopus' Kabuki,' 'A Pawnbroker's Kabuki' and 'Honno-ji Temple,' background music play the role of off-stage music in kabuki theater.