Japanese word

店内

Pronunciation

Romajitennai

Meaning

  • nouninside the store

Example

店内でお召し上がりですか。ten nai de o me shi a ga ri de su ka

Are you eating inside the store?

Illustration for 店内 (inside the store)

More examples

混雑時は店内でお待ちください。kon zatsu ji wa ten nai de o ma chi ku da sa i

Please wait inside the store when it is crowded.

Core concept

Marks the space within a store where people shop, eat, or carry out other activities.

Common phrases

  • 店内で食べるten nai de ta be ru

    eat inside the store

  • 店内で飲むten nai de no mu

    drink inside the store

  • 店内で待つten nai de ma tsu

    wait inside the store

Similar words

店頭tentō: The area at or near the front of a store, where goods or services are presented to customers.

Definition in Japanese

店の建物や敷地の内側。mise no tate mono ya shiki chi no uchi gawa

Word origin

店 (ten, "shop") + 内 (nai, "inside") forms a Sino-Japanese compound for the inside of a shop.

Usage tips

  • In Japanese retail and restaurant language, 店内 (tennai) often appears on signs to mark what happens inside the premises, where English often uses a phrase such as "dine-in" rather than a single noun.

Other meanings

  • on the premisesnoun
  • store interiornoun
  • dine-innoun

Opposites

  • 店外tengaioutside the storenoun

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