駄菓子屋
だがしや small-time candy store; penny candy store
Why it means this
駄菓子 (penny sweets) + 屋 (a shop) — the small neighbourhood sweet shop, a fixture of a Shōwa childhood.
Breakdown
- 駄 ダ burdensome, pack horse, horse load
- 菓 カ candy, cakes, fruit
- 子 こ child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM
- 屋 や roof, house, shop
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