Word Meaning 越後屋

えちごや echigoya

越後屋 is read as えちごや (echigoya) and means Echigoya.

Meaning

English

Echigoya
Echigoya (nefarious businessman; stock character in period dramas)

Reading

Kana

えちごや

Romaji

echigoya

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 30 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 123968 Priority T

Related Vocabulary

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越後

えちご

Echigo (former province located in present-day Niigata Prefecture)

引越し屋

ひっこしや

removalist

越屋根

こしやね

roof monitor

越後兎

えちごうさぎ

Lepus brachyurus lyoni (subspecies of Japanese hare)

越後獅子

えちごじし

street performance by itinerant entertainers featuring a tumbling act in which a child performer wears a carved lion's head

越す

こす

to get over (e.g. hardship)

越える

こえる

to exceed

越年

えつねん

playing more than the usual 12 rounds in one game

越権

えっけん

going beyond authority

越し

ごし

throughout (a period of time)

越冬

えっとう

passing the winter

越権代理

えっけんだいり

unauthorized proxy

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