konbini

English

Alternative forms

• conbini

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.

Japanese

Romanization

konbini

1. Rōmaji transcription of コンビニ