(へいてん)

へいてん
noun
store closing; closing time
1. closing time; store closing for the day
The time when a store or restaurant closes for business each day.
閉店(へいてん)は10()です。
Closing time is 10 o'clock.
閉店(へいてん)時間(じかん)(ちか)いのでお(いそ)ぎください。
Closing time is approaching, so please hurry.
閉店(へいてん)間際(まぎわ)()()んで()(もの)をした。
I rushed in to shop just before closing time.
2. permanent closure; going out of business
The permanent shutting down of a business.
あの(みせ)来月(らいげつ)閉店(へいてん)するらしい。
That store is apparently closing down next month.
閉店(へいてん)セールで半額(はんがく)になっていた。
Everything was half off at the closing sale.
老舗(しにせ)和菓子屋(わがしや)後継者(こうけいしゃ)不足(ふそく)閉店(へいてん)することになった。
The long-established Japanese confectionery shop is closing due to lack of a successor.

閉店(へいてん) means closing, either daily or permanent.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 閉店(へいてん)時間(じかん) (closing time)
  • 閉店(へいてん)セール (going-out-of-business sale)
  • 閉店(へいてん)間際(まぎわ) (just before closing)

VERB FORM:

  • 閉店(へいてん)する (to close)

RELATED TERMS:

  • 開店(かいてん): opening (time/store)
  • 営業(えいぎょう)終了(しゅうりょう): end of business