しょうてん
Meanings
Noun
1. little shop; small shop; small store
2. my shop
when read as "しょうてん"
3. low class whorehouse in Fujiwara (Edo period); low class brothel
when read as "こみせ"
4. passage formed under the eaves of houses after heavy snowfalls (Tōhoku region)
when read as "こみせ"
Kanji used
small
shop
Pitch accent
しょ
うてん
しょ
うてん
Composed of
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
① 名詞などに付いて複合語を作り、そのような商品を売ったりサービスなどを提供したりする店を表す。② 地名などに付いて、支店を表す。京都では「みせ」とも読む。