百貨店
Meanings
1
A large retail store selling a wide variety of goods in different departments.
I went shopping at the department store on the weekend.
That department store is right near the station.
Usage patterns
- 百貨店の食品売り場で〈物〉を買うto buy something in a department store's food hall
I bought some souvenir sweets in the department store's food hall.
- 百貨店が閉店するfor a department store to go out of business/close down
I was surprised by the news that the long-established department store was closing down.