理容店(りようてん)

りようてん
noun
barbershop
1. barbershop; barber's shop
An establishment that cuts hair and shaves the face, licensed under barbering (理容(りよう)) regulations. A formal, official-sounding term; in everyday speech people more often say 床屋(とこや) or 美容院(びよういん).
駅前(えきまえ)の理容店(りようてん)に行(い)く。
I'm going to the barbershop in front of the station.
理容店(りようてん)では散髪(さんぱつ)と顔(かお)そりをしてもらえる。
At a barbershop you can get a haircut and a face shave.
祖父(そふ)は何十年(なんじゅうねん)も同(おな)じ理容店(りようてん)に通(かよ)っている。
My grandfather has gone to the same barbershop for decades.

A formal term for a barbershop, common on signs and in official contexts. Barbershops are licensed separately from beauty salons (美容院(びよういん)) and may shave customers with a razor.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 理容店(りようてん)に行(い)く: to go to the barbershop
  • 理容店(りようてん)を営(いとな)む: to run a barbershop

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • 床屋(とこや): barbershop — the casual everyday word for the same place
  • 理髪店(りはつてん): barbershop — another formal synonym
  • 美容院(びよういん): beauty salon — does styling and perms; legally distinct from a barbershop
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