店主

てんしゅ

shopkeeper; storekeeper; proprietor of a shop

What does 店主 mean?

店主 is a Japanese noun meaning shopkeeper; storekeeper; proprietor of a shop in English. It is written as 店主 in kanji, てんしゅ in hiragana, and tenshu in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N2 vocabulary.

Example sentence

店主は私にそれを買うようしきりに勧めた。

The shopkeeper urged me to buy it.