Illustration: At a small neighborhood hardware shop, an older woman has just raised the roller shutter and still holds the shop keys. She stands confidently in the doorway, directing a young apron-wearing assistant toward a delivery of buckets while greeting a familiar customer.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

店てん主しゅ

tenshu

shopkeeper, shop owner

Example sentences

  1. 店主てんしゅは私わたしにそれを買かうようしきりに勧すすめた。

    The shopkeeper urged me to buy it.

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  2. 店主てんしゅは「御用ごようは承うけたまわっておりますか」と尋たずねた。

    "Are you being attended to?" asked the shopkeeper.

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  3. 店主てんしゅは従業員じゅうぎょういんの先頭せんとうに立たってはたらいた。

    The proprietor of the store worked at the head of his employees.

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Kanji in 店主

  • 店store; shopOnテンKunみせ・たな
  • 主lord; chiefOnシュ・ス・シュウKunぬし・おも・あるじ

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