"いちばんちかいコンビニはどこですか？"

Translation: Where is the closest convenience store?

[azureviolin]

一番近いコンビニは何処ですか？

[sotnosen93]

Note that 何処/どこ is generally written in kana only though.

[Zachary137372]

It would be more natural to say "一番近いコンビニに行きたいんですが" - literally "I want to go to the closest convenience store...". As I understand it, the phrase どこですか implies that you expect the listener to know the answer and help you. But if you just say, "I'm trying to get to X", people will both understand what you're really asking, and consider it less rude.

[jamesjiao]

What does the がdoing at the end?

[sotnosen93]

It's most likely just a typo of か.

[BrunoMazzo10]

As I understand, when used at the end of the sentence it usually means "but", and often connects to another sentence. But in this case it is used to soften the question a bit, implying you're not sure the person can or has time to answer.

[insincere]

Is ichiban commonly used in this context, like "closest" rather than very best?

[Untitled_Name]

一番（いちばん） literally means number one （一: one, 番: number), so in this context, it's 'the number one close convenience store'. With すきな, it's 'the number one like' (literally).

So actually, いちばん can be used in lots of places, since it is just turning the adjective it's attached to, into the superlative form of the adjective.

[V2Blast]

In this sentence, it's basically functioning like "most".

[insincere]

I understand the context that it is being used in in this sentence, I was just wondering if this was common usage among native speakers. For some reason, I have the (probably wrong) impression that ichiban would be more commonly used for things that are being described favorably.

[BastTee]

I live in Japan and it is commonly used. "most" doesn't really in Japanese. You use either "とても/めっちゃ" (second one being oral language so more casual) or if you want to emphasize the fact that you don't know something more "adjective" than that : いちばん

[V2Blast]

I don't think it's an inherently positive descriptor.

[regularfanb0y]

Is ichiban casually used in normal conversation?

[NRose8]

Chances are there's one just down the street

[imi_imp]

where's the most convenient convenience store?

[ronniesseb]

Ichiban, lipstick for men

[Wayne427822]

Goodness, just how many definitions does 'ichiban' have!?

[BastTee]

This is not about different definition, but just the use of "number one" that is different. Japanese don't say "most" so they will say "number one". :)
But yeah, ichiban has a lot of uses.

[olepea]

can't i answer where is the nearest minimarket?

[jamesjiao]

It's not a term known to me. Which regions are this term used?