How to say "draper" in Japanese
Choosing the right word
- 織物商おりものしょうnounCovers 'draper' as a dealer in woven textiles — the merchant or the trade rather than the shop itself. Suits writing about the cloth trade or a merchant who deals in fabric.
- 呉服屋ごふくやnounA shop that sells kimono fabrics; as a rendering of 'draper' it is tied to kimono cloth. The choice when the shop you mean deals in fabric for kimono rather than cloth in general.
- 生地屋きじやnounCovers the general sense of a shop selling cloth — a fabric store, extending to 'dry-goods store'. The straightforward choice when you simply mean a shop where fabric is sold.
All three are less common equivalents of 'draper': use 織物商 for the dealer in woven textiles, 呉服屋 for a shop handling kimono fabrics, and 生地屋 for a fabric store in general.
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