閉店(へいてん)

へいてん
noun
store closing; closing time
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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時(じ)です。
Closing time is 10 o'clock.
閉店(へいてん)時間(じかん)が近(ちか)いのでお急(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)に駆(か)け込(こ)んで買(か)い物(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.
あの店(みせ)は来月(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)の和菓子屋(わがしや)が後継者(こうけいしゃ)不足(ふそく)で閉店(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) has two distinct meanings: daily closing (sense 1) and permanent closure (sense 2). Context usually makes the meaning clear.

Common collocations

  • 閉店(へいてん)時間(じかん): closing time (daily)
  • 閉店(へいてん)セール: going-out-of-business sale (permanent)
  • 閉店(へいてん)間際(まぎわ): just before closing
  • 閉店(へいてん)する: to close
  • 閉店(へいてん)ガラガラ: the sound of shutters closing (onomatopoeic)

Similar words

For permanent closure, 閉店(へいてん)セール is a familiar sight — stores offer deep discounts to clear remaining inventory before shutting down.

Related Words

Antonym: 開店(かいてん) (store opening)
Related: 営業中(えいぎょうちゅう) (open for business)
Compare: 廃業(はいぎょう) (going out of business)
Compare: 閉校(へいこう) (school closure)
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Added 2026.2.3 15:50 · Revised 2026.9.4 21:29
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