shop

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 店 means a shop; its readings include kun-reading みせ and on-reading てん.
• Basic usage: 店(みせ) means a shop or store, while 支店(してん) means a branch.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• A shop and a branch such as a bank branch
  • 店 refers to a shop where one buys bread or checks the opening hours.
  • 銀行の新しい支店 means a new branch of a bank. 支店 denotes a branch of an organization, so it applies to a place for banking as well as to shops that sell goods.