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Kotomora

舗

shop, store, pave

JLPTN1StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 2,000Strokes15

Readings

On'yomi

  • ホ

Kun'yomi

—

Nanori

  • き

Meaning

舗 centers on a fixed commercial establishment: a shop or store. The meaning 'pave' extends from the idea of laying down a solid surface, as in paving a floor for a shop.

Most common words using 舗

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  • 店舗てんぽ
    N1

    shop; store; establishment; restaurant

  • 老舗しにせ

    long-established shop; shop of long standing; old shop

  • 舗装ほそう
    N1

    paving (a road); surfacing (with asphalt, concrete, etc.); pavement

  • 本舗ほんぽ

    head office; main shop

  • 舗ほ

    shop; store

  • 舗道ほどう

    paved road; paved street

  • カラー舗装カラーほそう

    coloured pavement; colored pavement

  • リアル店舗リアルてんぽ

    brick and mortar business; bricks and mortar business; physical retail store (rather than online)

  • ロードサイド店舗ロードサイドてんぽ

    roadside store (esp. one outside a city center along a major road)

  • 仮店舗かりてんぽ

    temporary store; temporary premises

  • 印舗いんぽ

    seal shop; stamp maker

  • 取扱店舗とりあつかいてんぽ

    store dealing in a particular item; distributor

  • 名舗めいほ

    quality shop; famous store

  • 商舗しょうほ

    shop; store

  • 大規模小売店舗立地法だいきぼこうりてんぽりっちほう

    Act on the Measures by Large-Scale Retail Stores for Preservation of Living Environment

  • 実店舗じってんぽ

    brick and mortar business; bricks and mortar business; physical retail store (rather than online)

  • 店舗ジャックてんぽジャック

    storejacking (exclusive presence of a brand in a store, e.g. advertising, displays); guerrilla marketing

  • 店舗付住宅てんぽつきじゅうたく

    house with an attached shop

  • 店舗受取てんぽうけとり

    in-store pickup

  • 店舗名てんぽめい

    store name; name of a shop

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Study

Etymology

舗 combines 舎 (building) and 甫, which likely contributes the sound. The character originally referred to a shop or store, and later also came to mean paving, possibly from the idea of laying a solid floor.

Meaning mnemonic

The left side 舎 suggests a building, and the right side 甫 looks like a paved surface with a roller. Picture a shop with a freshly paved entrance.

Reading mnemonic

For ホ, imagine a shop that sells only whole hoes: hoe -> ホ, and the store is paved with gardening tools.