書店
しょてん · shoten
Bookshop, bookstore
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Example sentences
この書店も、駅前の店と同じくらい品揃えがいい。
このしょてんも、えきまえのみせとおなじくらいしなぞろえがいい。
This bookstore also has as good a selection as the store in front of the station.
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読みたい本を、メモしてから書店に行った。
よみたいほんを、めもしてからしょてんにいった。
I noted down the books I wanted to read and then went to the bookstore.
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書店員と、在庫について相談した。
しょてんいんと、ざいこについてそうだんした。
I consulted with the bookstore staff about the inventory.
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新刊の話題作を、書店員が自ら選んで平台に並べている。
しんかんのわだいさくを、しょてんいんがみずからえらんでひらじたにならべている。
The bookstore staff themselves select the talked-about new releases and display them on the flat tables.
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What does 書店 mean?
Bookshop, bookstore.
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しょてん (shoten). Pitch accent: heiban — flat. Press Listen above to hear it.
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JLPT N2 — upper intermediate. See the JLPT N2 guide.
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