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ticket shop; voucher shop; discount ticket store
A shop that buys and sells various types of tickets, vouchers, and gift cards at discounted prices. A distinctively Japanese retail concept commonly found near major train stations, these shops sell discounted train tickets, stamps, gift certificates, phone cards, and event tickets.
金券ショップで新幹線の切符を買った。
I bought Shinkansen tickets at a discount ticket shop.
駅前に金券ショップがある。
There's a ticket shop in front of the station.
使わない商品券は金券ショップに売れば現金になる。
If you sell unused gift certificates to a ticket shop, you can get cash for them.
Compound of 金券 ('monetary voucher; ticket with cash value') and ショップ ('shop'). A uniquely Japanese type of secondhand dealer specializing in tickets and vouchers. They operate as both buyer and seller — customers can sell unwanted tickets for cash or buy discounted ones.
WHAT THEY SELL:
- 新幹線の回数券: Shinkansen discount ticket books (individual tickets sold separately)
- 商品券: department store gift certificates
- 切手: stamps (at a small discount)
- 株主優待券: shareholder benefit tickets
- テレホンカード: phone cards
- 映画鑑賞券: movie tickets
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 金券ショップで買う: to buy at a ticket shop
- 金券ショップに売る: to sell to a ticket shop
- 金券ショップの相場: ticket shop prices/rates
SIMILAR WORDS:
- チケットショップ: ticket shop — a synonym using the English loanword
- 質屋: pawn shop — a broader secondhand dealer that accepts physical goods as collateral, not just tickets
- 中古ショップ: secondhand shop — sells used goods generally, not specifically tickets and vouchers