交易|こうえきkoueki[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbtrade; commerce
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 交易する（こうえきする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 交易します（こうえきします） |
| Negative (nai) | 交易しない（こうえきしない） |
| polite (masen) | 交易しません（こうえきしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 交易せず・交易せぬ（こうえきせず・こうえきせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 交易した（こうえきした） |
| polite (mashita) | 交易しました（こうえきしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 交易しなかった（こうえきしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 交易しませんでした（こうえきしませんでした） |
| Te form | 交易して（こうえきして） |
| Potential | 交易できる（こうえきできる） |
| Passive | 交易される（こうえきされる） |
| Causative | 交易させる（こうえきさせる） |
| Causative passive | 交易させられる（こうえきさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 交易すれば（こうえきすれば） |
| tara | 交易したら（こうえきしたら） |
| Volitional | 交易しよう（こうえきしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 交易しましょう（こうえきしましょう） |
| Imperative | 交易しろ（こうえきしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym取引とりひきNeutralThe most common word for business dealings and buying and selling, also private bargaining; 「交易」 is more literary, often for historical or interregional exchange.
- SynonymトレードCasualA colloquial loanword for trade or deals, also for trading pro athletes between teams; 「交易」 is literary and historical in tone and is not used for player trades.
- Synonym貿易ぼうえきWrittenIn written prose, usually import/export trade between nations, but can broadly mean buying and selling; 「交易」 can refer to exchange of goods between regions or peoples.
- Synonym通商つうしょうFormalFormal term for commercial relations with foreign countries, common in treaties and policy, as in 「通商条約」; 「交易」 points to the exchange of goods itself.
- Synonym商売しょうばいNeutralMeans doing business or commerce, and also a person's occupation; 「交易」 refers to mutual exchange or buying and selling of goods, not to an occupation.
- Synonym商業しょうぎょうNeutralRefers to commerce as an industry or economic sector, as in 「商業施設」; 「交易」 refers to concrete acts of exchanging or buying and selling goods.
- Synonym商いあきないNeutralNative word for buying and selling, also sales or turnover; slightly old-fashioned; 「交易」 leans toward mutual exchange between parties.
- Synonym互市ごしWrittenWritten, historical term for mutual trade with foreign countries in ancient times; not used for ordinary modern trade.
- Synonym売り買いうりかいCasualColloquial and plain, simply buying and selling; 「交易」 is more literary and stresses mutual exchange and dealings.
- Related商うあきなうWrittenWritten, native verb meaning to deal in certain goods, as in 「雑貨を商う」; somewhat old. 「交易」 is a noun.
For business transactions use 「取引」; for trade between countries use 「貿易」 or 「通商」. 「交易」 is literary and often refers to historical exchange of goods; for doing business, use 「商売」.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
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