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.
駅前がシャッター通りになった。
The area in front of the station has become a shuttered shopping street.
地方の商店街はシャッター通りが増えている。
Shuttered shopping streets are increasing in regional commercial districts.
昔はにぎやかだった商店街も、今ではすっかりシャッター通りだ。
The shopping street that was once lively is now completely shuttered.
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.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- シャッター通りになる: to turn into a shuttered street
- シャッター街: shuttered district (synonym)
RELATED:
- 商店街: shopping street/arcade — the kind of district that becomes a シャッター通り