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Kotomora

デパート

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Meanings

1

noun

department store

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

2

noun

department

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

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