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department store
A large retail store carrying a wide variety of goods organized into departments. The formal term for what is more casually called デパート.
Usage
More formal than the commonly used loanword デパート. Often used in news, business contexts, and official names. Major Japanese department stores include 三越, 伊勢丹, 高島屋, and 大丸. The 地下食品売り場 (basement food hall), nicknamed デパ地下, is a distinctive feature of Japanese department stores.