Illustration: A covered neighborhood shopping street stretches between closely spaced independent shops in a Japanese town. A greengrocer stacks daikon and cabbages, a fishmonger arranges trays of fish, and a bakery opens directly onto the same pedestrian passage.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

商しょう店てん街がい

shoutengai

shopping street, shopping district

Example sentences

  1. 近ちかくに商店街しょうてんがいがありますよ。

    There is a shopping area nearby.

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  2. 夕暮ゆうぐれの商店街しょうてんがいを歩あるくと、どこか懐なつかしい気持きもちになる。

    There’s something nostalgic about walking the shopping district in the evening.

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  3. その商店街しょうてんがいは私達わたしたちの家いえから簡単かんたんに行いける。

    The shopping district is easily accessible from our house.

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Kanji in 商店街

  • 商make a deal; sellingOnショウKunあきなう
  • 店store; shopOnテンKunみせ・たな
  • 街boulevard; streetOnガイ・カイKunまち

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