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取次店 (とりつぎてん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Meanings 1
noun
agency ; distributor
A retail shop that acts as an intermediary, selling products or services on behalf of another company, such as a newspaper distributor or insurance agency.
保ほ 険けん の 取とり 次つぎ 店てん を 経けい 営えい し て いる 。
I run an insurance agency.
Similar words 代だい 理り 店てん 代理店 is a general agent or representative office, while 取次店 specifically emphasizes the intermediary role of passing goods or services from a supplier to customers.
販はん 売ばい 店てん 販売店 is a general retail store selling products, whereas 取次店 implies acting as a middleman for another company's products or services.
Etymology Compound of 取次 (とりつぎ, 'agency, intermediary') + 店 (てん, 'shop'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word follows a standard pattern for naming business types.
