Translation guide
A store that sells meat. In Japan, this is typically a standalone butcher shop or the meat section of a supermarket.
A standalone shop specializing in selling raw meat.
The most common and natural word for a butcher shop or meat store. Can also refer to the butcher themselves.
A new meat shop opened in front of the station.
The chicken at that meat shop is fresh.
A more formal term for a butcher shop, often used in signage or business names.
I bought beef at the butcher shop in the shopping district.
A polite and friendly way to refer to a meat shop, often used in conversation or by children.
Let's buy some croquettes at the meat shop.
The area within a larger store where meat is sold.
In Japanese, 肉屋 (nikuya) can mean both the shop and the person working there. Context usually makes it clear. If you need to specify the person, you can say 肉屋さん (nikuya-san).