商業|しょうぎょうshougyou[1]atamadaka (head-high)

JLPT N2approx.Common
Definitions
  1. no-adjectivecommerce; trade; business
    英語えいごは商業しょうぎょうにおいて役やくに立たつ。↗
    English is useful in commerce.
Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym商売しょうばいNeutralDoing business or trading, also an occupation or calling; 「商業」 is commerce as an industry.
  • Synonym交易こうえきNeutralExchanging goods or trading between parties; 「商業」 is the industry itself.
  • SynonymビジネスNeutralLoanword for business affairs and work in a broad sense; 「商業」 is more a name for the industry.
  • Synonym商いあきないWrittenWritten word for buying and selling or sales, with a traditional flavor; 「商業」 is the industry.
  • Related通商つうしょうNeutralTrade with foreign countries; 「商業」 is commerce in general.
  • RelatedトレードNeutralLoanword for trading or deals, also player transfers in pro sports; 「商業」 is the industry.
  • Related貿易ぼうえきNeutralTrade between countries, i.e. importing and exporting; 「商業」 covers goods distribution at home and abroad.
  • Related稼業かぎょうNeutralA trade one lives by, with a slightly self-deprecating nuance, as in 「役者稼業」; 「商業」 is the industry.

Use 「商業」 for commerce as an industry, as in 「商業施設」. For doing business or a trade pick 「商売」, for business affairs 「ビジネス」, and for trade with foreign countries 「貿易」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 生産者せいさんしゃと消費者しょうひしゃの間あいだでの商品しょうひんの流通りゅうつうを結び付むすびつけることで利益りえきを得える事業じぎょう。
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