Translation guide
A large shopping center with many stores, often enclosed. In Japanese, the most common term is ショッピングモール, but other words like モール or 商店街 may be used depending on the type.
Let's go to the mall.
A large, modern shopping center, often with multiple floors and a variety of stores, restaurants, and entertainment.
A covered or open-air shopping street with many small shops, often in a traditional or local area.
Refers to a shopping street or district, often with a roof or arcade. More traditional than a modern mall, but can be translated as 'mall' in some contexts.
This shopping street is always bustling.
Specifically a covered shopping arcade. Can be used for a mall-like street with a roof.
A very large store or complex that may be called a 'mall' in English, but in Japanese is a department store or multi-building shopping area.
Department store. Sometimes used when English speakers might say 'mall', though it's a single large store.
I bought clothes at the department store (mall).
ショッピングモール is a modern, often enclosed shopping mall with chain stores. 商店街 is a traditional shopping street with local shops, often covered. Use ショッピングモール for typical American-style malls.
American malls are big.
Japanese shopping streets have many unique shops.
If you're talking about a traditional covered shopping street, モール might be misunderstood as a modern mall. Use 商店街 or アーケード instead.
The mall closes at 9 PM.
There's a new mall in town.
That mall also has a movie theater.
A new mall opened in front of the station.
I like shopping at the local mall (shopping street).
雨の日はアーケードで買い物する。
On rainy days, I shop at the arcade (mall).
Shopping center. Can be used for a mall-like complex, often with a large supermarket and specialty stores.
The suburban shopping center (mall) has a large parking lot.