営業|えいぎょうeigyou[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbbusiness; trade; operations
- nounsales営業の者と話をしてみました。↗I talked with our sales people.
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 営業する（えいぎょうする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 営業します（えいぎょうします） |
| Negative (nai) | 営業しない（えいぎょうしない） |
| polite (masen) | 営業しません（えいぎょうしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 営業せず・営業せぬ（えいぎょうせず・えいぎょうせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 営業した（えいぎょうした） |
| polite (mashita) | 営業しました（えいぎょうしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 営業しなかった（えいぎょうしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 営業しませんでした（えいぎょうしませんでした） |
| Te form | 営業して（えいぎょうして） |
| Potential | 営業できる（えいぎょうできる） |
| Passive | 営業される（えいぎょうされる） |
| Causative | 営業させる（えいぎょうさせる） |
| Causative passive | 営業させられる（えいぎょうさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 営業すれば（えいぎょうすれば） |
| tara | 営業したら（えいぎょうしたら） |
| Volitional | 営業しよう（えいぎょうしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 営業しましょう（えいぎょうしましょう） |
| Imperative | 営業しろ（えいぎょうしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym商売しょうばいNeutralDoing business or trade, common in everyday speech; also a line of work, as in 「商売繁盛」. 「営業」 is more formal and can also mean the sales department.
- Synonym商いあきないWrittenA native word for buying and selling or for sales figures, with a traditional, old-fashioned flavor. Say 「商売」 in daily talk and 「営業」 in formal contexts.
- SynonymビジネスNeutralA loanword covering business, work and deals broadly, as in 「ビジネスマン」. 「営業」 usually means sales work or being open for business.
- SynonymセールスNeutralA loanword for selling and salespeople, as in 「セールスマン」. 「営業」 is broader, also covering being open for business and business operations.
- Related商業しょうぎょうNeutralCommerce as an industry or sector, as in 「商業施設」—a macro-level concept. 「営業」 refers to concrete business activity.
- Related取引とりひきNeutralConcrete transactions and dealings between parties, as in 「取引先」; the focus is on buying and selling. 「営業」 means operating a business and being open for customers.
- Related販売はんばいNeutralStrictly the selling of goods, as in 「販売店」—only the selling side. 「営業」 also covers finding new customers and the state of being open for business.
- Related売買ばいばいWrittenBoth the buying and selling sides, common in legal and market contexts, as in 「不動産の売買」. 「営業」 is the profit-seeking activity of running a business itself.
- Related稼業かぎょうNeutralA trade one lives by, often with a self-deprecating or casual tone, as in 「サラリーマン稼業」. 「営業」 is a formal business term.
- Related売り買いうりかいCasualThe colloquial version of 「売買」, meaning buying and selling. It does not refer to being open for business or a sales department; use 「売買」 in formal settings.
- Antonym休業きゅうぎょうNeutralA suspension of business or a day off, as in 「本日休業」—the opposite of the open-for-business state of 「営業」.
- Antonym閉店へいてんNeutralClosing for the day or shutting down for good—the opposite of 「営業」 as the state of being open for business.
Use 「営業」 for running a business, being open for trade, or calling on clients. For everyday talk about buying and selling use 「商売」; for selling alone 「販売」; for transactions and dealings 「取引」.
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