ビジネスbijinesu[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. nounbusiness
   私のビジネスは再ふたたび回復かいふくしつつあります。↗

   My business is picking up again.

• 1.
  Synonym事業じぎょうNeutralAn enterprise or undertaking, as in 「新規事業」. Stresses organized business operations run as a going concern; ビジネス is more colloquial and a general term for business.
• 2.
  Synonym営業えいぎょうNeutralSales and operations, as in 「営業時間」 or 「営業部」. Focuses on selling to customers and running the business side, not business in general.
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  Synonym商業しょうぎょうNeutralCommerce, as in 「商業施設」. Centers on the circulation of goods between producers and consumers; ビジネス broadly covers business and work.
• 4.
  Synonym商売しょうばいNeutralDoing trade or running a business, as in 「商売繁盛」. Also means one's trade or line of work; more down-to-earth than ビジネス.
• 5.
  Synonym実業じつぎょうNeutralIndustry, as in 「実業家」. Refers to substantial enterprises in production and trade; a formal, rather stiff word compared with ビジネス.
• 6.
  Synonym商いあきないNeutralBuying and selling, or sales figures, as in 「商いが細る」. Carries an old-fashioned flavor; ビジネス is the modern, neutral term.
• 7.
  Synonym稼業かぎょうNeutralThe occupation one lives by, as in 「サラリーマン稼業」. Sometimes used self-deprecatingly; ビジネス leans toward the business world.
• 8.
  Synonym企業きぎょうNeutralA company or enterprise, as in 「大企業」. Points to the business organization itself; ビジネス refers to the activity, not the firm.
• 9.
  Related仕事しごとNeutralWork, as in 「仕事に行く」. The most general everyday word for what you do; ビジネス is narrower, for the business and commercial sphere.
• 10.
  Related商法しょうほうNeutralBusiness methods or commercial law, as in 「悪徳商法」. Refers to how business is done or the legal field, not business itself.
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  Related営利えいりNeutralProfit-making, as in 「非営利団体」. Emphasizes activity aimed at making money; ビジネス just denotes business in general.
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  AntonymプライベートNeutralA loanword for one's private life or personal time. The opposite of ビジネス, which covers work and business matters.
• 13.
  Antonym遊びあそびNeutralPlay and leisure, as in games or pastimes. The opposite of ビジネス in its sense of work and business.

Use 「ビジネス」 as the general term for business and commercial matters, as in 「ビジネスマナー」 or 「ビジネスホテル」. For everyday work say 「仕事」; for running a trade say 「商売」; for an organized business undertaking say 「事業」. For sales use 「営業」, for commerce 「商業」, for a company 「企業」. The opposite of business is 「プライベート」.

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1. 業務ぎょうむ、実務じつむ、事務じむ、営業えいぎょう。
2. 仕事しごと、職業しょくぎょう、実業じつぎょう、商売しょうばい。
3. 商業しょうぎょう上じょうの仕事しごと・行動こうどう・取引とりひき。