行商|ぎょうしょうgyoushou[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. suru verb, transitive verb, no-adjectivemonger; peddling
Conjugation
Dictionary form行商する(ぎょうしょうする)
Polite (masu)行商します(ぎょうしょうします)
Negative (nai)行商しない(ぎょうしょうしない)
polite (masen)行商しません(ぎょうしょうしません)
classical zu / nu行商せず・行商せぬ(ぎょうしょうせず・ぎょうしょうせぬ)
Past (ta)行商した(ぎょうしょうした)
polite (mashita)行商しました(ぎょうしょうしました)
Past negative (nakatta)行商しなかった(ぎょうしょうしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)行商しませんでした(ぎょうしょうしませんでした)
Te form行商して(ぎょうしょうして)
Potential行商できる(ぎょうしょうできる)
Passive行商される(ぎょうしょうされる)
Causative行商させる(ぎょうしょうさせる)
Causative passive行商させられる(ぎょうしょうさせられる)
Conditional (ba)行商すれば(ぎょうしょうすれば)
tara行商したら(ぎょうしょうしたら)
Volitional行商しよう(ぎょうしょうしよう)
polite (mashou)行商しましょう(ぎょうしょうしましょう)
Imperative行商しろ(ぎょうしょうしろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym振り売りふりうりCasualColloquial and old-fashioned: hawking wares in baskets hung from a shoulder pole. 「行商」 is the general term for carrying goods and selling door to door.
  • Synonym旅商いたびあきないWrittenWritten style: peddling while traveling from place to place. 「行商」 does not necessarily involve long journeys.
  • Synonym出商いであきないCasualColloquial: selling goods in various places without a fixed shop. A rarely used word.
  • Related売り歩くうりあるくNeutralA verb: to peddle goods while walking from place to place. 「行商」 is a noun and can also mean the peddler.
  • Related呼び売りよびうりNeutralSelling by calling out loudly while walking the streets. 「行商」 does not stress the hawking cries.
  • Related旅商人たびしょうにんWrittenWritten style: a merchant who travels around trading his goods. 「行商」 refers to the activity or the person.
  • Related行商人ぎょうしょうにんNeutralSpecifically a person who peddles. 「行商」 itself can also refer to the person, not just the activity.
  • Related大道商人だいどうしょうにんWrittenWritten style: someone selling on the road or at a street corner. 「行商」 stresses selling door to door.
  • Related棒手振りぼてふりCasualColloquial: an Edo-period hawker who carried wares on a pole and sold them in the streets; a historical term.
  • Antonym店舗販売FormalFormal: selling from a shop, the opposite of 「行商」.

Use 「行商」 for carrying goods around and selling door to door, or for the person who does it; the verb is 「売り歩く」. For an Edo-period hawker with a shoulder pole say 「棒手振り」, and for selling on streets or corners 「大道商人」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

Japanese definitions
  1. 商品しょうひんを持ち歩もちあるき、家庭かていなどを回まわって売うること。また、そのような人ひと。
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