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商しょう売ばい
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Meanings
Noun
Suru verb
Intransitive verb
1. trade; business; commerce
Kanji used
商make a deal売sell
Pitch accent
しょうばい
Used in vocabulary
水みず商しょう売ばい
chancy trade or business with uncertain profitability; night entertainment business (e.g. hostess bar); nightlife business
Noun
商しょう売ばい人にん
merchant; trader; shrewd businessman; expert (in a trade or profession); professional; woman working in the nightlife business (bar or nightclub hostess, geisha, etc.); demimondaine
Noun
商しょう売ばい敵がたき
business rival; professional jealousy
Noun
客きゃく商しょう売ばい
service business (hotels, restaurants, etc.); service industry; hospitality industry
Noun
商しょう売ばい気ぎ
commercial spirit; profit motive
Noun
商しょう売ばい気質かたぎ
mercantile spirit; mercenary spirit
Noun
商しょう売ばい筋すじ
business connections
Noun
商しょう売ばい替がえ
change of occupation
Noun
商しょう売ばい道どう具ぐ
stock-in-trade; tools of one's trade
Noun
商しょう売ばい柄がら
nature of one's business; business instinct
Noun
人にん気き商しょう売ばい
occupations dependent on public favor (favour)
Noun
堅かたい商しょう売ばい
sound business
Expression
Examples109
Local shops do good business with tourists.
She guided her business to success.
He could not make it in business.
He has experience in business.
How's business?
My business is at a standstill because of the recession.