小しょう店てん

noun

small shop; little store

Neutral term for a physically small retail establishment.

• 駅えき前まえに小ちいさな小しょう店てんが並ならんでいる。

  Small shops line the area in front of the station.

noun

my shop (humble)

Only with reading しょうてん

Humble expression used when referring to one's own shop to a customer or superior. Restricted to the reading しょうてん.

• 小しょう店てんではただいまセールを行おこなっております。

  Our shop is currently holding a sale.

noun

low-class brothel (Edo period, Yoshiwara)

Only with reading こみせ

Historical term for a lower-tier brothel in the Yoshiwara pleasure quarters during the Edo period. Restricted to the reading こみせ.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、吉よし原わらには小こ見み世せと呼よばれる遊ゆう郭かくがあった。

  In the Edo period, there were brothels called 小見世 in Yoshiwara.

noun

snow passage under eaves (Tōhoku region)

Only with reading こみせ

Regional term for a covered walkway formed under the extended eaves of houses after heavy snowfall, found in the Tōhoku region. Restricted to the reading こみせ.

• 東とう北ほく地ち方ほうの雪ゆき深ぶかい地ち域いきでは、こみせが冬ふゆの通つう路ろとして使つかわれる。

  In the snowy areas of the Tōhoku region, こみせ are used as winter walkways.