Word Meaning 駕籠屋

かごや kagoya

駕籠屋 is read as かごや (kagoya) and means sedan chair bearer.

Meaning

English

  1. sedan chair bearer
  2. palanquin bearer
  3. sedan chair business

Reading

Kana

かごや

Romaji

kagoya

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 46 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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駕籠

かご

palanquin

駕籠かき

かごかき

palanquin bearer

籠屋

かごや

basket maker

旅籠屋

はたごや

hatago (type of Edo-period inn for travellers)

相合駕籠

あいあいかご

two people riding in a palanquin together (esp. a man and a woman)

町駕籠

まちかご

palanquin

辻駕籠

つじかご

street palanquin

御忍び駕籠

おしのびかご

special palanquin for carrying a daimyo or his wife incognito

ほい駕籠

ほいかご

crude palanquin

紺屋

こうや

dyer

小屋

こや

one's own house

問屋

とんや

wholesale store