also: チェイン
Refers to a physical chain, such as a bicycle chain, measuring chain, tire chain, or similar linked metal object.
The bicycle chain came off.
On snowy roads, you put chains on the tires.
Refers to a chain of stores, hotels, restaurants, or other businesses under the same brand.
That convenience store is a nationwide chain.
I stay at a chain hotel.
I put snow chains on the tires in preparation for the snowy road.
The shop joined a major convenience store chain.
My bicycle chain came off.
This company is expanding its chain nationwide.
The chain on my old bicycle broke.
chain expansion; development of chain stores