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書店

しょてん

noun

Meanings

1bookshop
2bookstore

Example sentence

この本は駅前の書店で買ったんだ。

I bought this book at the bookstore in front of the station.

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Kanji in this word

書Write10 strokes 店Store, Shop8 strokes

More words with 書

秘書ひしょ · (private) secretaryN1 文書ぶんしょ · documentN1 書記しょき · clerk 報告書ほうこくしょ · (written) report 教科書きょうかしょ · textbookN3

Full entry on Jisho

著書

ちょしょ · literary work

N1

白書はくしょ · white paper (government report)

書類しょるい · documentsN3

More words with 店

支店してん · branch store (office)N3 百貨店ひゃっかてん · department store 店舗てんぽ · shop 本店ほんてん · head office 商店しょうてん · shopN2 店員てんいん · clerkN4 店頭てんとう · shopfront 支店長してんちょう · branch manager

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