Shop sign in Japanese
In Japanese
看板
kanban
Definition
Definition in EnglishA board fixed above the front of a shop or another business that shows its name to people in the street.
Definition in Japanese店などの正面の上に取り付けて、通りを歩く人に店の名前を見せる板。
Example sentences
あの看板がなかったら、パン屋を通り過ぎてた。
Without that shop sign, I'd have walked straight past the bakery.
看板、ずっと曲がってたっけ？ 嵐のせいかな。
Has the shop sign always been crooked, or did the storm do that?
店の看板が出てなくて、二回も通り過ぎちゃった。
Without the shop sign, I walked straight past this place twice.