(べんとうや)

べんとうや
noun
bento shop; bento restaurant; takeout lunch shop
foodshopping
1. bento shop; takeout lunch shop
A shop that makes and sells boxed lunches (弁当(べんとう)) for takeout. Common near train stations, offices, and busy streets in Japan.
I bought lunch at the bento shop in front of the station.
この弁当屋(べんとうや)(やす)くておいしい。
This bento shop is cheap and tasty.
On busy days I get a meal from the neighborhood bento shop.

Compound of 弁当(べんとう) (boxed lunch) + the suffix () (shop). The suffix () attaches to many goods to name the shop or seller: 本屋(ほんや) (bookstore), 花屋(はなや) (florist), 肉屋(にくや) (butcher).

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