konbini

plural konbinis · alternative conbini

1. A convenience store in Japan.

   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.

   2025 April 12, Ajesh Patalay, “Call of the konbini”, in HTSI, page 115

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   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