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dried-goods store; shop selling dried foods
A shop that sells 乾物—dried foods such as kelp, dried mushrooms, dried fish, and beans. Once common in neighborhood shopping streets, such specialty stores are now less numerous.
乾物屋で昆布を買う。
I buy kelp at the dried-goods store.
商店街に古い乾物屋がある。
There is an old dried-goods store in the shopping street.
乾物屋では、干し椎茸や煮干しなどが量り売りされている。
At the dried-goods store, things like dried shiitake and dried sardines are sold by weight.
Formed from 乾物 (dried food) + the shop suffix 屋.
COMMON STOCK:
- 昆布: dried kelp
- 干し椎茸: dried shiitake mushrooms
- 鰹節: dried bonito flakes
- 豆: dried beans