How to say "trading" in Japanese

• トレードCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbA loanword for trading players between sports teams and for buying and selling in financial markets. For the trading of goods or business in general it is seldom the word you want.
  ジョンソンがトレードされるという噂うわさがある。↗

  There's a rumor Johnson is going to be traded.
• 商いあきないCommon
  nounTrading or dealing in the sense of buying and selling as a business — the trade of a merchant or shopkeeper. It points to commercial dealing rather than financial-market trading.
  彼かれはあの店みせで野菜やさいを商あきないしています。↗

  He deals in vegetables at that shop.

Use 「トレード」 as the loanword for trading players in sports or buying and selling in financial markets; use 「商い」 for trading as the buying-and-selling business of a merchant or shop.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• トレードtrade
• 商いあきないtrade
• トレーディングtrading