行商|ぎょうしょうgyoushou[0]heiban (flat)
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- 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.
- 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


