商売

Pattern visualization

Examples

1. 祖父は長い間、魚の商売をしていました。▶ —
   My grandfather was in the fish business for a long time.
2. 今年は商売がうまくいっています。▶ —
   Business is going well this year.

Collocations

Mnemonic

商売 shoubai — 商 (commerce, trade) + 売 (to sell). Buying and selling goods — trade or business. It is more colloquial and small-scale in feel than 経営 or 営業 (partial-5). 商売人 = a tradesperson, merchant. The 売 has the kun reading u-ru (売る, to sell).

Quick check

1. What is the kun-reading (verb) of the 売 in 商売?

   • 売る (uru, to sell)
   • 買う (kau, to buy)
   • 作る (tsukuru, to make)
   • 使う (tsukau, to use)