仲買・仲買い|なかがいnakagai[0]heiban (flat)
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Which spelling to use
仲買仲買 is the most common form and is written entirely in kanji; recognize it when you encounter the term in writing.
仲買い仲買い is less common than 仲買 but is the recommended default for beginners; it combines kanji and kana and has an irregular kana ending.
Definitions
- nounbrokerage; broker
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym仲買人なかがいにんNeutralA person who brokers sales, such as the 「仲買人」 of a fish market.
- Synonym仲買業者NeutralA business that runs a brokerage operation; it can be a company, whereas 「仲買人」 stresses the individual who does the brokering.
- Related中間商人ちゅうかんしょうにんNeutralA merchant standing between producer and consumer; a broad, general term whose range is wider than 「仲買」.
- Antonym直売ちょくばいNeutralThe producer sells directly to consumers without a middleman — the opposite of trading through a 「仲買」.
- Antonym自家販売NeutralSelling one's own produce oneself; not a fixed term, and contrasted with selling through a middleman.
Use 「仲買」 for the brokerage trade itself; for a person in the business say 「仲買人」 or 「ブローカー」; for selling without a middleman use 「直売」.
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