Illustration: A compact Japanese bookstore has tall shelves of bound volumes, a central table of stacked new books, and a small checkout counter. A bookseller folds a paper cover around a customer's chosen volume while the customer places coins into a tray.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

書しょ店てん

shoten

bookstore

Example sentences

  1. 書店しょてんで手てに入はいります。

    You can get it at a bookstore.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. この地区ちくには書店しょてんが少すくない。

    There are few bookstores in this area.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 彼かれは書店しょてんで数冊すうさつの本ほんを買かった。

    He bought a number of books at the bookstore.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 書店

  • 書writeOnショKunかく
  • 店store; shopOnテンKunみせ・たな

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