精肉店(せいにくてん)

A compound of 精肉(せいにく) (dressed meat; butchered meat) and 店(てん) (shop). Traditional butcher shops in Japanese shopping streets (商店街(しょうてんがい)) often also sell prepared items like コロッケ (croquettes) and メンチカツ (minced meat cutlets), which are popular take-out snacks.

Common collocations

• 精肉店(せいにくてん)で買(か)う: to buy at a butcher shop
• 精肉店(せいにくてん)のコロッケ: butcher shop croquettes
• 町(まち)の精肉店(せいにくてん): the local butcher shop

Similar words

• 肉屋(にくや): butcher; meat shop — more colloquial and commonly used in everyday speech
• 鮮魚店(せんぎょてん): fish shop — the equivalent for seafood
• 八百屋(やおや): greengrocer — vegetable and fruit shop in a shopping street