Meaning

1 senses

  1. A convenience store in Japan.

Examples

1 sentences

  1. Allan works on Tuesday and Friday nights at the Konbini.

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Origin

Borrowed from Japanese コンビニ (konbini), which is a clipping of コンビニエンスストア (konbiniensu suto

Borrowed from Japanese コンビニ (konbini), which is a clipping of コンビニエンスストア (konbiniensu sutoa), which is from English convenience store. If English had a clipping of convenience store as *conveny (/kənˈviːni/), it would be analogous (i.e., morphologically and phonologically parallel) with konbini.

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Forms

plural: konbini / konbinis

Lessons for this word

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See also

neighbours in the dictionary
kochkojikokokombuchakookkookykoolkopek
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