conbini
conbini is the alternative spelling of konbini.
Meaning of konbini
Noun
konbini (plural konbini or konbinis)
- A convenience store in Japan.
- 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.2024 November 8, Justin McCurry, “Coffee, sandwiches, underwear, beer: a day in the life of Japan’s beloved konbini stores”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
Forms of conbini
| plural | conbini |
|---|---|
| plural | conbinis |
Origin of conbini
Borrowed from Japanese コンビニ (konbini), from English convenience.
Questions about conbini
- What is conbini the alternative spelling of?
- Conbini is the alternative spelling of konbini.
Words near conbini in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: conbini (page history and authors); konbini (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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