How to say "establishment" in Japanese

• 設定せっていJLPT N1approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbCovers 'establishment' as the act of setting something up or creating it — posing a problem, or the setting of a film or novel — not a business or institution; seldom the word you want.
  設定せってい料金りょうきんに労務ろうむ費用ひようは含ふくみません。↗

  The stated price does not include labor charges.
• 店みせJLPT N5approx.Common
  nounCovers 'establishment' as a place of business — a shop, store, or restaurant. Use this when you mean the business venue itself, one that customers visit.
  あの店みせはサービスが良よい。↗

  That store gives good service.
• 設置せっちJLPT N1approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbCovers the establishment of an organization or institution — the act of setting one up, as when a new department or office is created. It does not mean a shop or restaurant.
• 建設けんせつJLPT N3approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbReally means construction — building structures such as roads and buildings. Its 'establishment' sense is the building-up of something like a nation or organization, so it is seldom the word you want.
  その金かねは体育館たいいくかんの建設けんせつに当あてられた。↗

  The money was appropriated for building the gymnasium.
• 店舗てんぽCommon
  nounAlso covers 'establishment' as a shop or store, but with reference to the premises itself — the shop as a physical or business unit, as when stores are counted or listed.
  私は店舗てんぽの二に階かいに住すんでいる。↗

  I live in a flat above a shop.

For 'establishment' meaning a shop or restaurant, choose 店 or 店舗; for the founding of an organization or institution, choose 設置; 設定 is for setting up conditions or a story's setting, and 建設 is really about construction.

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• 設定せっていestablishment
• 店みせstore
• 設置せっちestablishment
• 建設けんせつconstruction
• 店舗てんぽshop
• 成立せいりつformation
• 開設かいせつestablishment
• 設立せつりつestablishment
• 創業そうぎょうestablishment (of a business)
• 確立かくりつestablishment
• 創設そうせつestablishment
• 樹立じゅりつestablishment
• 創立そうりつestablishment
• 創建そうけんestablishment
• 制定せいていenactment
• 事業所じぎょうしょestablishment
• 設けもうけpreparation
• 開局かいきょくopening (of a broadcasting station, post office, bureau, etc.)
• お店おみせstore
• 施設しせつfacility
• 確定かくていdecision
• 制せいsystem
• 発足ほっそくstarting
• 新設しんせつestablishing
• 立教りっきょうestablishment (of religious teachings)
• エスタブリッシュメントestablishment
• 肇造ちょうぞうestablishment
• 定着化ていちゃくかestablishment (of a custom, system, etc.)
• 附置ふち(organizational) attachment
• 創成そうせいcreation
• 人定じんていenactment
• 扶植ふしょくsupport