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店 (みせ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

店みせ

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Common wordJLPTN5Freq.FrequencyTop 500

Meanings

1

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店みせができた

。

A new ramen restaurant opened in front of the station.

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.

Kanji

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

Similar words

商しょう店てん
商店 is a more formal or written term for a shop or store, often used in compound words like 商店街 (shopping street). 店 is the everyday spoken word.
お店みせ
お店 is the polite form of 店, commonly used in customer service or when speaking politely about a shop.

Etymology

Originally a compound of 見 (mi, 'seeing') + 世 (se, 'world' or 'public'), referring to a place where goods are displayed to the public. The kanji 店 was later adopted for its meaning of 'shop'.