支し店てん

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Common wordJLPTN3Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

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noun

branch office; branch store

A branch location of a company, bank, or chain store. Contrasts with 本店 (head office/main store).

Usage patterns

〈場ば所しょ〉に支し店てんを出だすto open a branch in 〈place〉
その銀ぎん行こうは大おお阪さかに新あたらしい支し店てんを出だした。
That bank opened a new branch in Osaka.
支し店てんで働はたらくto work at a branch office
彼かれは今いま、名な古ご屋やの支し店てんで働はたらいている。
He is currently working at the Nagoya branch.
支し店てんに配はい属ぞくされるto be assigned to a branch office
新しん入にゅう社しゃ員いんは各かく地ちの支し店てんに配はい属ぞくされる。
New employees are assigned to branches around the country.

Kanji

支branch, support, sustain
店store, shop

Related words· 8

支し社しゃN1
支社 refers to a branch office of a company (often handling administrative or corporate functions), while 支店 more commonly refers to a branch of a bank, retail store, or restaurant.
分ぶん店てん
分店 is a less common word for a branch store, largely interchangeable with 支店 but used far less frequently in modern Japanese.
出しゅっ張ちょう所じょ
支店 is a full, often larger branch office with its own independent operations, while 出張所 is a smaller satellite office set up for local convenience.
ブランチ
支店 is the standard Japanese word for a branch office or store, while ブランチ often sounds more like a foreign-company or business term for the same thing.

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支し局きょくN1
支店 refers to a branch of a commercial business like a bank or store, while 支局 is used for branches of media outlets or government agencies.
支し所しょ
支店 is used for a branch of a commercial business, whereas 支所 usually refers to a branch of a government agency or public organization.
営えい業ぎょう所しょ
支店 usually refers to a bank or large company's branch, while 営業所 covers any local business or sales office, often smaller.

Opposites

本ほん店てんN1
本店 is the head office or main store of a company, while 支店 is one of its branch locations.
本ほん舗ぽ
支店 means a branch store, the opposite of 本舗, which refers to the main or original shop.

Counted with

軒けんN4
Used when counting 支店 as physical shops/premises.

Word family

支し店てん網もう
branch store network
支し店てん長ちょう
branch manager; manager of a branch office
本ほん支し店てん
head and branch offices
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Etymology

Compound of 支 (branch, support) and 店 (store, shop).

分ぶん室しつ

支店 is a branch office of a company or bank with independent customer-facing functions, while 分室 is often a smaller, more specialized detached unit like a research room or administrative annex.

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支し店てんコード

branch code