How to say "dealings" in Japanese

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  • 取引とりひきJLPT N1approx.Common
    noun, suru verb, transitive verbCovers 'dealings' in the concrete commercial sense — transactions, trade, business done between parties. Typical of a company's dealings with its clients or suppliers, where actual buying and selling takes place.
    ぜひ取引とりひきさせていただきたいと思おもいます。↗
    We would love to work with you.
  • 交渉こうしょうJLPT N1approx.Common
    nounCovers 'dealings' as relations or connections with a person or organization — whether one has any dealings with them at all. It denotes the relationship itself rather than individual transactions.
    Philosophers tend to have little contact with the outside world.

Use 取引 for 'dealings' meaning concrete business transactions or trade, and 交渉 for 'dealings' meaning the relationship or connection itself — whether one has dealings with a person or organization at all.

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