"問屋" meaning in Japanese

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  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_text": "/tohiya/: [topiya] > [toɸiya] > [towiya] > [toiya]. The adverbial of 問ふ (tohu, “ask”) /tohi/ and 屋 (ya, “store”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "問屋",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "問屋",
          "といや"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toiya",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tofya",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とひや",
      "roman": "tofya",
      "tags": [
        "hiragana",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "といや",
        "hhira": "とひや"
      },
      "expansion": "問屋(といや) • (toiya) ^(←とひや (tofya)?)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "91 4 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "95 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "90 5 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "42 29 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "80 10 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with multiple readings",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "78 11 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "95 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "87 6 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "90 5 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1597: Ekirin Setsuyōshū (page 39)",
          "text": "問屋 (トヒヤ) 商人宿"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a place for merchants to sleep"
      ],
      "id": "en-問屋-ja-noun-E0~6P1T-"
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "42 29 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a wholesaler; also, such a store"
      ],
      "id": "en-問屋-ja-noun-Iwvd~pGX"
    }
  ],
  "word": "問屋"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_text": "From toiya.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "問屋",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "問屋",
          "とんや"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ton'ya",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "とんや"
      },
      "expansion": "問屋(とんや) • (ton'ya)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "42 29 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a wholesaler; also, such a store"
      ],
      "id": "en-問屋-ja-noun-Iwvd~pGX1"
    }
  ],
  "word": "問屋"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese nouns",
    "Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with multiple readings",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_text": "/tohiya/: [topiya] > [toɸiya] > [towiya] > [toiya]. The adverbial of 問ふ (tohu, “ask”) /tohi/ and 屋 (ya, “store”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "問屋",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "問屋",
          "といや"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toiya",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tofya",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とひや",
      "roman": "tofya",
      "tags": [
        "hiragana",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "といや",
        "hhira": "とひや"
      },
      "expansion": "問屋(といや) • (toiya) ^(←とひや (tofya)?)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1597: Ekirin Setsuyōshū (page 39)",
          "text": "問屋 (トヒヤ) 商人宿"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a place for merchants to sleep"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a wholesaler; also, such a store"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "問屋"
}

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    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese nouns",
    "Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with multiple readings",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_text": "From toiya.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "問屋",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "問屋",
          "とんや"
        ]
      ],
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ton'ya",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "とんや"
      },
      "expansion": "問屋(とんや) • (ton'ya)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a wholesaler; also, such a store"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "問屋"
}

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  "msg": "HTML tag <span> not properly closed",
  "path": [
    "問屋"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "問屋",
  "trace": "started on line 2, detected on line 2"
}

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  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "問屋"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "問屋",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
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    "問屋"
  ],
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  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "問屋",
  "trace": ""
}