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精肉商 (せいにくしょう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

精せい肉にく商しょう

Meanings

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noun

butcher; butcher shop

Refers to a shop that sells meat, or the person who runs it. A straightforward occupational and business term.

駅えき前まえの精せい肉にく商しょうで新しん鮮せんな鶏とり肉にくを買かった。
I bought fresh chicken at the butcher shop in front of the station.

Kanji

精refined, ghost, fairy
肉meat
商make a deal, selling, dealing in

Similar words

肉にく屋や
肉屋 is the more common, everyday word for a butcher shop or butcher. 精肉商 is a slightly more formal or business-oriented term, often used in signage or commercial contexts.

Etymology

Compound of 精肉 (seiniku, 'dressed meat') and 商 (shō, 'trade, merchant'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the components transparently indicate a meat-selling business.