デパート
Meanings
1
abbreviation
Everyday abbreviation for a large retail department store. The fuller form is デパートメントストア, but デパート is the normal common word.
See also: デパートメントストア
I bought shoes at the department store in front of the station.
Department stores get crowded on weekends.
2
abbreviation
Abbreviation of デパートメント in the sense of an organizational or business department. This is much less common than the department-store meaning; in normal modern Japanese, 部門 or 部署 is usually clearer.
See also: デパートメント
In this context, デパート refers to a department, not a department store.
Usage patterns
- デパートで買い物をするto go shopping at a department store
I plan to go shopping at the department store this weekend.
- デパートの〈物〉a department store's ~ (e.g. food hall, sale)
There's a food section in the basement of the department store.
Expressions
- 疑惑のデパートperson suspected of multiple wrongdoings