Illustration: Inside a Japanese department store, a grandfather stands at an escalator landing holding an increasingly awkward collection of purchases: a boxed saucepan, a garment bag, and a carefully wrapped cake. His granddaughter confidently guides him toward the next floor.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

百ひゃっ貨か店てん

hyakkaten

department store

Example sentences

  1. 5分ふんばかりこの道みちを行いけば、右手みぎてにその百貨店ひゃっかてんがあります。

    Go down the street for about five minutes, and you will see the department store to the right.

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  2. その後ご百貨店ひゃっかてんなどで売うり出だされ一般いっぱんに普及ふきゅうしていった。

    Then, it was put up for sale in department stores and the like, and was becoming popular in the general public.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 鉄道駅てつどうえき、空港くうこう、港みなと、百貨店ひゃっかてん、観光地かんこうち、繁華街はんかがい、病院びょういんなどにはタクシー乗のり場ばが設もうけられており、順番じゅんばんに並ならんで乗車じょうしゃする。

    Users are supposed to stand in a queue at taxi stand which is set up at stations, airports, ports, department stores, tourism destinations, downtown areas, hospitals, and some other places.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 百貨店

  • 百hundredOnヒャク・ビャクKunもも
  • 貨freight; goodsOnカKunたから
  • 店store; shopOnテンKunみせ・たな

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