お菓子屋
Meanings
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confectionery shop; candy store; sweet shop
A shop that sells Japanese or Western sweets, snacks, and candies. The お is a polite prefix commonly used in everyday speech.
I bought cookies at the sweet shop in front of the station.
The Japanese sweets at this confectionery shop are very delicious.
Usage patterns
- 〈場所〉にお菓子屋があるthere is a confectionery shop in 〈場所〉
There's a candy store near the station.
- お菓子屋で〈物〉を買うto buy 〈物〉 at the confectionery shop
I bought chocolate at the candy store.
- お菓子屋を開くto open a confectionery shop
She says she wants to open a candy store in the future.