支店

• 読み: してん
• ローマ字: shiten
• 漢字の分解: 支 (shi) — branch, support; 店 (ten) — shop, store
• 発音: /ɕi.teɴ/

意味

Branch store; branch office. A secondary location of a business or organisation.

A noun used in business contexts to refer to a satellite office or store that operates under a main headquarters (本店). Common in banking, retail, and corporate settings. Often contrasted with 本店 (head office) or 本社 (headquarters).

例文

1. 来月、大阪に新しい支店ができる。
2. 支店の数が全国で百を超えた。
3. 彼は来年から支店で働くことになった。

使い方ガイド

場面: business, banking, retail

トーン: professional

起源と歴史

Composed of 支 (branch, support) and 店 (shop, store). The combination literally means a shop that branches off from the main establishment.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Business