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デパート

Department Store

Meaning

Department Store

Word Type

noun

Explanation

デパート comes from department store. Yet another shortened loanword! There's an extra "o" sound on the end of this one, since a word can't end in "t" in Japanese.

Context

Patterns of Use

Common Word Combinations

  • デパートのトイレ

    a department store restroom

    デパートのバーゲン

    a sale at a department store

    デパートの入り口

    a department store entrance

  • デパートで見る

    to see at a department store

    デパートでショッピングする

    to go shopping at a department store

    デパートで見かける

    to catch sight of at a department store

  • デパートに出かける

    to go out to a department store

    デパートにある

    to be located at a department store

    デパートに入る

    to enter a department store

Context Sentences

今、デパートのトイレにいる。

I'm in the department store restroom right now.

それ、デパートにあったよ。

They had that at the department store.

レオなら、デパートで見かけたよ！

I saw Leo at the department store!