店みせ

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Common wordJLPTN5Freq.FrequencyTop 500

Meanings

noun

store; shop; restaurant

General term for a commercial establishment where goods or services are sold, including restaurants.

あの店みせはいつも混こんでいる。
That shop is always crowded.
駅えき前まえに新あたらしいラーメンの店みせができた。
A new ramen restaurant opened in front of the station.

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Usage patterns

〈場ば所しょ〉に店みせがあるthere is a shop at 〈place〉
駅えきの近ちかくにいい店みせがある。
There's a good shop near the station.
店みせで〈物もの〉を買かうto buy something at a shop
この店みせで新あたらしい靴くつを買かった。
I bought new shoes at this shop.
店みせに入はいるto enter a shop
雨あめが降ふってきたので、近ちかくの店みせに入はいった。
It started raining, so I went into a nearby shop.
店みせが閉しまるfor a shop to close (for the day)
この店みせは夜よる9時じに閉しまる。
This shop closes at 9 p.m.

Expressions

店みせを出だすset up shop; open a store
店みせを開ひらくopen a business; start a shop
店みせをたたむclose down a business; shut up shop
店みせを構かまえるrun a shop; have a shop; set up shop

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.
マート
店 is the plain, all-purpose word for a shop, while マート is a katakana term mostly seen as a naming element for small markets or stores.
飲いん食しょく店てんN1
店 is a generic word for any shop, while 飲食店 specifically denotes a shop that serves food and drink.

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
店みせじまい
closing up shop (for the day) · going out of business; closing down permanently

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店みせ屋やN2
store; shop
店みせ構がまえ
store's appearance; shop front
店みせ開びらきN1
starting a business; opening a new store · opening a store for the day; opening up shop
お店みせ
store; shop; restaurant
中ちゅう店みせ
mid-sized store · middle-class brothel (in a red-light district)
出で店みせ
branch store; branch · street stall; stand; booth
床とこ店みせ
street stall; booth; simple shop
店みせ棚だな
display shelf · store; shop
米こめ店みせ
rice shop; rice store
角かど店みせ
corner store; corner shop
辻つじ店みせ
street stall; roadside stand
出だし店みせ
booth; stall

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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.