しおや

Japanese

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

[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, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)

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