店

Meanings: store, shop On Readings: テン ten Kun Readings: みせ mise Most Used Pronunciation: mise JLPT Level: 4 (see all JLPT 4 kanji) Grade: 2 Kanji Part: 广 Stroke Number: 8

Level 4 Completion 87 / 103

Common jukugo
店 - みせ mise - store, shop
書店 - しょ　てん sho ten - bookstore
喫茶店 - きっさ　てん kissa ten - coffee shop
支店 - し　てん shi ten - branch (office, store)

Useful Examples
Japanese: 僕の妻は店で一番高いカバンを買ってしまった。
Romaji: boku no tsuma wa mise de ichiban takai kaban o katte shimatta.
English: My wife bought the most expensive purse in the store! (shimatta implies it is unfortunate)

Japanese: 喫茶店に入りましょう。
Romaji: kissaten ni hairimashou.
English: Let's go in to a cafe.

Japanese: どんなお店が好きですか？
Romaji: donna o mise ga suki desu ka?
English: Which store do you like? (the 'o' is optional, but makes it more formal/polite)

Japanese: その店では教科書を売っている。
Romaji: sono mise de wa kyoukasho o utte iru.
English: They sell textbooks at the bookstore.

Japanese: 仕事が終わらなかったので、その店員はパーティーにいけなかった。
Romaji: shigoto ga owaranakatta no de, sono ten'in wa pa-tei- ni ikenakatta.
English: Not having finished his work, the clerk couldn't go to the party.

Japanese: ５分ばかりこの道を行けば、右手にその百貨店があります。
Romaji: gofun bakari kono michi o ikeba, migite ni sono hyakkaten ga arimasu.
English: Go down the street for about five minutes, and you will see the Department store to the right.

Look alike kanji

Notes/Mnemonic
A store setup under an umbrella

Many example sentences are from the Tanaka Corpus as modified for use with WWWJDIC.