店
Shop, Store
みせ (mise)
JLPT N5
Interesting Fact
Japan's famous 100-yen shops are treasure hunts disguised as stores. For roughly the price of a dollar, shoppers can find everything from chopsticks and notebooks to phone stands and camping gear. The real challenge isn't finding something worth buying—it's resisting the urge to buy twenty things.
Memory Trick
The top looks like a building. The bottom part is 占, meaning to occupy. When someone occupies a building to sell things, you get 店, meaning shop.
Readings
Onyomi: テン (ten)
Kunyomi: みせ (mise)
Example Words
店
みせ (mise)
Shop
書店
しょてん (shoten)
Bookstore
店員
てんいん (tenin)
Store clerk
売店
ばいてん (baiten)
Stand, kiosk
Example Sentence
あの店はとても人気です。
あの みせ は とても にんき です。
ano mise wa totemo ninki desu
That shop is very popular.