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What is the difference between 店 and 屋 ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between 店 and 屋 ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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For example:
この店は宝石を売っています。
And
彼は薬屋で薬を買っています。
Why use two different words if they both mean a shop/store?
この店は宝石を売っています。
And
彼は薬屋で薬を買っています。
Why use two different words if they both mean a shop/store?
- Japanese
Actually they are always used in combinations, so a bit difficult to differentiate those singly.
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@What33now I mean, they have certain idioms. Like, 宝石店(not 宝石屋), 居酒屋(not 居酒店). But wait, I am confused too lol. 居酒店 is definitely wrong, but 宝石屋 does make sense... Let's say 屋 is more casual and 店 can be used in most cases. And 屋 cannot be used just by itself but 店 can. So in your examples, 彼は店で薬を買っています is also okay unless you want to say it is at pharmacy.
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