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I know they are both suffixes, but is there a difference in politeness?

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4 days ago
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ぱぶ
Level: 209

is used for a shop that sells ○, but the meaning of is not shop, but roof, like in

on the other hand does mean shop, and is used in words like , , .

Also, while (みせ) or お are single words, (や) is not used alone as a word .


As a suffix, ~ is way more productive tran ~. ~ can be used to talk about the shop owner instead of only the shop itself. Also, as ~(てん)is onyomi, it would be felt as more formal.


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4 days ago
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Thanks!

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4 days ago
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Karlla
Level: 910

is used for types of shops and the person doing the job like (meat shop, butcher), whereas refers to the physical shop and its location as in (Tokyo subsidiary) or words like (opening / closing up shop)

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17 hours ago
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Level: 671

I looked up an nhk article on this a while ago. Though the link seems to be dead these days, luckily its been archived.

https://web.archive.org/web/20...


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16 hours ago
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