Translation guide
A shop selling textiles, clothing, and related non-perishable household items. In Japanese, this concept is typically expressed by specific store types rather than a single direct equivalent.
A store that sells fabrics, sewing supplies, and sometimes clothing or household linens.
Traditional store selling kimono fabrics, textiles, and related accessories. Often used for dry-goods stores in a historical or traditional context.
A small general store selling dry goods, groceries, and household items, often in a rural or historical context.
The English term 'dry-goods store' does not have a single direct equivalent in Japanese. Depending on context, use 呉服屋 (fabric/kimono store), 生地屋 (fabric store), or 雑貨屋 (general goods store). Using a literal translation like 乾物店 (dried food store) would be incorrect.
あの呉服屋で着物の生地を買いました。
I bought kimono fabric at that dry-goods store.
Fabric store; focuses on selling cloth by the meter, often for sewing or crafts. More modern and general than 呉服屋.
生地屋でカーテン用の布を探しています。
I'm looking for curtain fabric at the dry-goods store.
Craft/hobby store that sells fabrics, yarns, buttons, and other sewing supplies. Often used for modern dry-goods stores with a craft focus.
手芸店で刺繍の糸を買いました。
I bought embroidery thread at the dry-goods store.
General store selling miscellaneous household goods, including some dry goods. Common in modern Japanese for small variety shops.
田舎の雑貨屋で乾物と布を買えます。
You can buy dried foods and cloth at the country dry-goods store.
Traditional store selling household utensils, brooms, baskets, and sometimes dry goods. Now rare and mostly historical.
昔、荒物屋で日用雑貨を揃えました。
In the old days, people bought household goods at the dry-goods store.