konbini

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese コンビニ (konbini), from English convenience.

Noun

konbini (plural konbini or konbinis)

  1. A convenience store in Japan.
    • 2024 November 8, Justin McCurry, “Coffee, sandwiches, underwear, beer: a day in the life of Japan’s beloved konbini stores”, in The Guardian‎[1], →ISSN:
      Just as it is almost impossible to walk through a Japanese town or city without encountering a vending machine, konbini are a fixture of the urban landscape, their brightly lit frontages holding out promise of round-the-clock sustenance and polite, if functional, customer service.
    • 2025 April 12, Ajesh Patalay, “Call of the konbini”, in HTSI, page 115:
      One-stop shops for everything, from clothes to make-up to household items, konbinis are open round the clock as “life infrastructure” (an official classification by the Japanese government), offering services that are vital to daily life.

Japanese

Romanization

konbini

  1. Rōmaji transcription of コンビニ
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