1.
shuttered shopping street; street of closed-up shops
A shopping street where many shops have closed and rolled their shutters down for good, leaving the arcade half-empty — a symbol of decline in local retail districts.
From シャッター (shop shutter) + 通り (street). A shopping arcade where so many businesses have closed that the shutters stay down along the street. Often cited as a sign of rural depopulation and competition from large suburban stores.
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Related words
- 商店街: shopping street/arcade — the kind of district that becomes a シャッター通り
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Related:
商店街 (shopping street/arcade)