商しょう店てん街がい

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Common wordJLPTN3

Meanings

noun

shopping street; shopping district

Refers to a street or area with a concentration of shops, often a covered arcade or a traditional local shopping area.

週しゅう末まつは商しょう店てん街がいで買かい物ものをするのが好すきです。
I like shopping in the shopping street on weekends.
この商しょう店てん街がいには古ふるい店みせがたくさん並ならんでいる。
Many old shops line this shopping district.

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Usage patterns

商しょう店てん街がいを歩あるくto walk through a shopping street
休きゅう日じつに商しょう店てん街がいを歩あるくのが好すきだ。
I like walking through the shopping street on my days off.
商しょう店てん街がいで買かい物ものをするto do shopping at a shopping street
毎まい週しゅう末まつ、近ちかくの商しょう店てん街がいで買かい物ものをする。
Every weekend, I do my shopping at the nearby shopping street.
商しょう店てん街がいが賑にぎわうfor a shopping street to be bustling with people
祭まつりの日ひは商しょう店てん街がいがとても賑にぎわう。
On festival days, the shopping street gets very crowded and lively.
〈場ば所しょ〉の商しょう店てん街がいthe shopping street of a certain area
この町まちの商しょう店てん街がいは昔むかしから人にん気きがある。
The shopping street in this town has been popular for a long time.

Kanji

商make a deal, selling, dealing in
店store, shop
街boulevard, street, town

Related words· 6

市いち場ばN3
商店街 refers to a permanent street of varied retail shops, while 市場 usually means a market focused on fresh food and daily goods.
ショッピングモール
商店街 is typically an outdoor or covered street lined with small independent shops, whereas ショッピングモール is a modern, indoor shopping complex.
繁はん華か街がい
繁華街 is a lively downtown area full of shops, restaurants, and entertainment, while 商店街 specifically denotes a street of retail shops.
アーケード
商店街 refers to a shopping street in general, while アーケード specifically has a roof covering the street.

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モール
商店街 is a traditional shopping street that grew up organically, while モール (in its pedestrian-mall sense) usually refers to a deliberately planned, often modern pedestrian area.
ショッピング街がいN2
商店街 is the traditional local shopping arcade with small independent shops, while ショッピング街 refers to a more modern, often larger or tourist-oriented shopping area.

Don't confuse with· 5

商しょう店てんN2
商店 means a single shop or store, while 商店街 refers to a whole street or district made up of many such shops.
オフィス街がいN2
オフィス街 is a district of office buildings, while 商店街 is a shopping street lined with stores, and learners sometimes mix up the two because both end in 街.
百ひゃっ貨か店てんN1
百貨店 is a single large store with many departments under one roof, whereas 商店街 is a street or arcade lined with many separate independent shops.

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官かん庁ちょう街がいN2
官庁街 is a district of government offices, while 商店街 is a shopping street lined with stores, so the two -街 words describe very different kinds of areas.
ショッピングモール
商店街 is a traditional shopping street lined with independent stores outdoors, unlike the single indoor building of a ショッピングモール.

Word family

駅えき前まえ商しょう店てん街がい
shopping street outside a station

Built from

商しょう店てん+街がい

Etymology

Compound of 商店 (shop, store) and 街 (street, district). The term became common in the 20th century to describe organized shopping streets, especially after the development of covered arcades.