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洋品店

ようひんてん

clothing store, shop selling Western-style clothes and accessories

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Examples

  1. 駅前の洋品店でシャツを買った。

    えきまえのようひんてんでしゃつをかった。

    I bought a shirt at the clothing shop by the station.

  2. その洋品店は祖父の代から続いている。

    そのようひんてんはそふのだいからつづいている。

    That clothing shop has been going since my grandfather's day.

  3. 小さな洋品店だが、品ぞろえがいい。

    ちいさなようひんてんだが、しなぞろえがいい。

    It's a small clothing shop, but it has a good selection.

Common patterns

洋品店を開く
to open a clothing shop
町の洋品店
the local clothing shop
洋品店で買う
to buy at a clothing shop

Memory tip

洋品 = Western goods, so 洋品店 is the old-style neighbourhood clothes shop, as opposed to 呉服店 for kimono. Today you would more likely say 洋服屋 or name the brand.

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