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A festival takoyaki food stall with 屋台

Kanji Explanation: Shelter and shops with 屋

Manga panel from 舞妓さんちのまかないさん showing example of A festival takoyaki food stall with 屋台.
舞妓さんちのまかないさん » Volume 8 » Page 84

At a local festival, Kiyo hurries over to Sumire and Kenta.

キヨ:
「あったあった　今年(ことし)も！！」
“It's here, it's here, again this year!”
「甘(あま)いたこやきの屋台(やたい)！！」
“The sweet takoyaki booth!”

Key Points

  1. 屋台(やたい) is a stall or booth

    • 屋 often relates to shops or covered places, and 台 is a stand or platform.

    • At a festival, 屋台(やたい) is a food stall.

  2. The modifier tells what kind of stall it is

    • 甘(あま)いたこやきの屋台(やたい) means a stall for sweet takoyaki.

    • の links the food description to the booth.

  3. 今年も shows it is a repeated find

    • Kiyo says the stall is here again this year.

    • That makes the excitement about a familiar festival favorite.