"to open" and "to close" talking about shop


How to say "at what time does this shop open?" / "at what time does this shop
close?".

My dictionary gives no example of this sort with the verbs 開ける, and 開く.

I found 開店する and 閉店する, but it correspond to "open" and "close" in the sense of
starting and stopping to run a business. [Here](https://www.quora.com/How-do-
you-ask-Are-you-open-closed-in-Japanese-talking-about-a-shop) are also some
example sentences with these expressions.

There is a discussion [here](https://forum.duolingo.com/comment/26546463/What-
time-does-this-store-open) and [here](https://hinative.com/questions/10779432)
about the "open a shop" here, but not about "to close". They lack examples and
explanations.

Reading the documentation from the Internet, I also feel there is a lot of
meaning variation depending on the word ひらく (開く), あく (開く), 開ける and the
conjugation 開きます, 開いています.




In terms of translation:

**at what time does this shop open?**

Possibilities are:

  * この店の開店は{いつ,何時{なんじ}}ですが
  * この店は{何時に,いつ}{開{あ}きます,開店します}か
  * この店の何時からやってますか (Asking when the shop is already open; sounds more like _Since what time has the shop been open_ )

**at what time does this shop close?**

I think it is more usual to ask (literally) **until when is the shop open**.

Possibilities:

  * この店は{いつ,何時}まで{やって,開{あ}いて}ますか
  * この店の営業時間は何時までですか
  * この店の閉店(時間)は何時ですか (This is literally closer to _at what time...close?_ )

* * *

So in terms of vocabulary, 開店/閉店する can be used for _to open/close (a shop)
daily_. As you understand, they are also used for _to start/end the business_.

  * オープンする may actually be the most frequent for _to start the business_. This can be used for opening the shop daily, but less frequently (I think).
  * 開{ひら}く means also more often _to start the business_. For example, 彼女は新宿に店を開{ひら}いた means _She started a shop in Shinjuku_. The subject is the business owner. Cf. 新しいカレー屋が開{ひら}いた sounds less idiomatic to me (カレー屋がオープンした should be more common).




In terms of translation:

**at what time does this shop open?**

Possibilities are:

  * この店の開店は{いつ,何時{なんじ}}ですが
  * この店は{何時に,いつ}{開{あ}きます,開店します}か
  * この店の何時からやってますか (Asking when the shop is already open; sounds more like _Since what time has the shop been open_ )

**at what time does this shop close?**

I think it is more usual to ask (literally) **until when is the shop open**.

Possibilities:

  * この店は{いつ,何時}まで{やって,開{あ}いて}ますか
  * この店の営業時間は何時までですか
  * この店の閉店(時間)は何時ですか (This is literally closer to _at what time...close?_ )

* * *

So in terms of vocabulary, 開店/閉店する can be used for _to open/close (a shop)
daily_. As you understand, they are also used for _to start/end the business_.

  * オープンする may actually be the most frequent for _to start the business_. This can be used for opening the shop daily, but less frequently (I think).
  * 開{ひら}く means also more often _to start the business_. For example, 彼女は新宿に店を開{ひら}いた means _She started a shop in Shinjuku_. The subject is the business owner. Cf. 新しいカレー屋が開{ひら}いた sounds less idiomatic to me (カレー屋がオープンした should be more common).

