Translation guide
A shop that sells books. In Japanese, the most common term is 本屋 (honya), but there are also more formal or specific terms like 書店 (shoten) and ブックストア (bukkusutoa).
To refer to a shop that sells books in everyday conversation.
The most common and casual word for a bookshop. Used in daily speech.
駅前に新しい本屋ができた。
A new bookshop opened in front of the station.
あの本屋で漫画を買った。
I bought a comic at that bookshop.
A more formal term for a bookshop, often used in business names or written contexts.
A loanword from English, used in some shop names or to sound modern, but less common in everyday speech.
I looked for a reference book at a large bookshop.
この書店は夜10時まで営業しています。
This bookshop is open until 10 p.m.
あのブックストアはカフェも併設している。
That bookshop also has a café.