スーパー

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Common wordJLPTN5Freq.FrequencyTop 2,000

Meanings

supermarket

abbreviation

Abbreviation of スーパーマーケット. The most common everyday meaning.

スーパーで買かい物ものをするto do one's shopping at the supermarket
帰かえりにスーパーで買かい物ものをするつもりだ。
I plan to do some shopping at the supermarket on my way home.
スーパーを付つけるto add subtitles/captions (to a broadcast)
外がい国こく人じん向むけの番ばん組ぐみにはスーパーを付つけることが多おおい。
Programs aimed at foreign viewers often have subtitles added.
〈物もの〉をスーパーで買かうto buy something at the supermarket
牛ぎゅう乳にゅうをスーパーで買かった。
I bought some milk at the supermarket.

スーパーマーケットN1sense 1
スーパーマーケット is the full, formal form of the word, while スーパー is the everyday abbreviation used in casual speech.
字じ幕まく sense 2
字幕 is the general word for subtitles or captions, while スーパー refers specifically to text superimposed on a broadcast image.
スーパーインポーズ sense 2
スーパーインポーズ is the full technical term for superimposed text, while スーパー is its common abbreviation.
スーパーチェーン
スーパー usually refers to a single supermarket or supermarkets in general, while スーパーチェーン specifically means a corporate chain of supermarkets under one brand.

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ハイパー
スーパー is the more common everyday prefix for 'super-', while ハイパー suggests a stronger or more technical degree of excess.
マーケットN3
スーパー refers specifically to a supermarket for daily groceries, whereas マーケット is broader and can mean a business or financial market as well as a physical marketplace.
テロップ
スーパー (from 'superimpose') is an older broadcasting term for on-screen text that means much the same as テロップ, which is now the more common word.

デパートN5sense 1
スーパー is a supermarket selling everyday groceries, while デパート is a department store selling a wide range of goods including clothing and luxury items.
スーパーバイザー
スーパー usually means supermarket, and learners sometimes confuse it with the スーパー- prefix in スーパーバイザー, which actually comes from English 'super-' meaning oversight, not shopping.

軒けんN4
counter for buildings (esp. houses) · suffix for pen names, stage names, etc.

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スーパーUsage99%
Standard katakana spelling for all senses; the most common written form.
スーパUsage1%
Variant without the long vowel mark; seen in some signs or casual writing, but less standard.

Loanword from English 'super', used as an abbreviation for various longer terms.