店 (みせ, mise) Japanese meaning: store

店 (みせ, mise) Japanese meaning: store | Kotomora

Kanji

店store, shop
見see, hopes, chances
世generation, world, society

Related words· 10

商しょう店てんN2
商店 is a more formal or written word for a shop, often appearing in compounds like 商店街, while 店 is the everyday spoken term.
店てん舗ぽN1
店舗 is a formal business term used in contracts, signage, or news reports, whereas 店 is the plain, everyday word for a shop.
ショップN3
ショップ is a modern, casual loanword often used for boutiques or specialty shops, while 店 is the neutral native word for any kind of store.
屋や
店 is a stand-alone noun for 'shop', while 屋 is a suffix attached to a noun to name the type of shop (パン屋, 花屋).

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売ばい店てんN2
店 is the general word for any shop or store, while 売店 specifically means a small sales counter or kiosk inside or near a facility.
ストア
店 is the everyday native Japanese word for a shop, while ストア is a loanword often reserved for foreign-style or chain stores.
店みせ屋やN2
店 is the everyday, shorter word for a shop, while 店屋 is a less common, slightly old-fashioned way of saying the same thing.
舗ほ
店 is the ordinary, everyday word for a shop, while 舗 is a formal, bound Sino-Japanese element mainly seen inside compounds like 店舗 and 本舗.

Politeness

お店みせpolite 丁寧語
お店 is the polite form of 店, used when speaking courteously to customers or about someone else's shop.

Don't confuse with

見みせるN5
店 (みせ, 'shop') and 見せる (みせる, 'to show') share a nearly identical sound but are completely unrelated in meaning.

Counted with

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

Word family· 23

店みせ番ばん
tending a store; minding the shop · salesperson; shop assistant; clerk
新しん店みせ
new store; newly-opened store
店みせ先さき
storefront; shopfront; area in front of a shop
夜よ店みせ
night stall; night shop; night fair

Written forms

店みせUsage100%
Standard kanji form; the most common spelling.
見み世せUsage<1%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form.

Etymology

A shortening of 見世棚, a shelf on which goods were displayed, later extended to the place where goods were sold. 店 became the standard meaning-based spelling.

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