Japanese symbol for “grocery”
食料雑貨店
しょくりょうざっかてん
Romaji: shokuryouzakkaten
grocery; grocer's shop
In Japanese, grocery is 食料雑貨店, read しょくりょうざっかてん (shokuryouzakkaten).
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Meanings
- n grocery; grocer's shop
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “grocery”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| グローサリー | グローサリー guroosarii | grocery |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 食事 | しょくじ shokuji | meal (e.g. lunch, dinner) |
| 食品 | しょくひん shokuhin | food; food products; foodstuffs |
| 食べ物 | たべもの tabemono | food |
| 食料 | しょくりょう shokuryou | food |
| 食べる | たべる taberu | to eat |
| 食う | くう kuu | to eat |
| 無料 | むりょう muryou | free (of charge); gratuitous |
| 料理 | りょうり ryouri | cooking; cookery; cuisine |
| 雑誌 | ざっし zasshi | magazine; journal; periodical |
| 通貨 | つうか tsuuka | currency |
| 店舗 | てんぽ tenpo | shop; store; establishment |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.