売り場

• 読み: うりば
• ローマ字: uriba
• 漢字の分解: 売 (u) — sell; 場 (ba) — place, spot
• 発音: /ɯ.ɾi.ba/

意味

Sales floor; department; counter where goods are sold.

A compound noun combining 売り (selling) and 場 (place). Commonly used in department stores and shopping centres to indicate specific product areas (食品売り場 = food section, おもちゃ売り場 = toy section). Staff and signs in Japanese stores frequently use this word to direct customers.

例文

1. 食品売り場は地下一階にあります。
2. おもちゃの売り場はどこですか。
3. この売り場は季節ごとに商品が変わります。

使い方ガイド

場面: shopping, department stores, daily life

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

A native Japanese compound: 売り (from 売る, to sell) + 場 (place/spot). A practical word that emerged naturally from commercial culture as shops grew in size and complexity.

文化的背景

時代: Early Modern

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal