百ひゃっ貨か店てん

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

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A large retail store selling a wide variety of goods in different departments.

I went shopping at the department store on the weekend.

あの百ひゃっ貨か店てんは駅えきのすぐ近ちかくにある。

That department store is right near the station.

百ひゃっ貨か店てんの食しょく品ひん売うり場ばで〈物もの〉を買かうto buy something in a department store's food hall
百ひゃっ貨か店てんの食しょく品ひん売うり場ばでお土産みやげのお菓か子しを買かった。
I bought some souvenir sweets in the department store's food hall.
百ひゃっ貨か店てんが閉へい店てんするfor a department store to go out of business/close down
老舗しにせの百ひゃっ貨か店てんが閉へい店てんするというニュースに驚おどろいた。
I was surprised by the news that the long-established department store was closing down.

デパートN5
デパート is the casual, everyday word for a department store, while 百貨店 is the more formal term often seen in official company names.
モール
百貨店 is a single large department store under one management, whereas モール is a complex housing many independent stores.

専せん門もん店てん
専門店 sells one category of goods, while 百貨店 is a large department store carrying a wide variety of products.

商しょう店てん街がいN3
百貨店 is a single large store with many departments under one roof, whereas 商店街 is a street or arcade lined with many separate independent shops.

From 百 (many) + 貨 (goods) + 店 (store), a Meiji-era coinage modeled after 'department store'.