通商|つうしょうtsuushou[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, intransitive verbcommerce; trade
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 通商する（つうしょうする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 通商します（つうしょうします） |
| Negative (nai) | 通商しない（つうしょうしない） |
| polite (masen) | 通商しません（つうしょうしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 通商せず・通商せぬ（つうしょうせず・つうしょうせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 通商した（つうしょうした） |
| polite (mashita) | 通商しました（つうしょうしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 通商しなかった（つうしょうしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 通商しませんでした（つうしょうしませんでした） |
| Te form | 通商して（つうしょうして） |
| Potential | 通商できる（つうしょうできる） |
| Passive | 通商される（つうしょうされる） |
| Causative | 通商させる（つうしょうさせる） |
| Causative passive | 通商させられる（つうしょうさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 通商すれば（つうしょうすれば） |
| tara | 通商したら（つうしょうしたら） |
| Volitional | 通商しよう（つうしょうしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 通商しましょう（つうしょうしましょう） |
| Imperative | 通商しろ（つうしょうしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym貿易ぼうえきNeutralThe everyday word for (foreign) trade, as in 「貿易会社」. Neutral register and far more common than 「通商」, which leans toward trade policy between nations.
- Synonym交易こうえきNeutralNeutral. Refers to exchange of goods, as in 「交易品」; leans toward the historical sense of exchanging goods rather than modern foreign trade.
- SynonymトレードNeutralLoanword for a trade or transaction, and in sports for swapping players, as in 「トレードされる」. Neutral register.
- Related取引とりひきNeutralBusiness dealings, as in 「株の取引」; leans toward concrete acts of buying and selling, whereas 「通商」 is trade between nations. Neutral register.
- Related商いあきないNeutralDoing business or trading, as in 「商いを営む」; leans toward traditional merchants and shops. Neutral register.
- Related商業しょうぎょうWrittenWritten/formal word for commerce as an industry, as in 「商業施設」; covers the commercial sector as a whole, while 「通商」 is limited to foreign trade.
- Related商売しょうばいNeutralA business or line of trade, as in 「商売繁盛」; leans toward businesses run by individuals, while 「通商」 is trade between nations. Neutral register.
- Related売買ばいばいWrittenRead 「ばいかい」. Technical term for the netted result of combined buys and sells in securities and similar trading; not ordinary buying and selling. Written/formal.
- Related互市ごしWrittenWritten/formal term for mutual trade between countries; carries a historical flavor and is rarely used today, unlike 「通商」.
- Related売り買いうりかいCasualColloquial word for buying and selling, as in 「株の売り買い」; an everyday way to talk about trades, while 「通商」 means trade with foreign countries.
Choose 「通商」 for trade between nations, as in 「通商条約」 or 「通商政策」. For foreign trade in general, 「貿易」 is the everyday word; for concrete transactions, 「取引」; for a business someone personally runs, 「商売」. 「トレード」 is the loanword for deals and player trades, while 「互市」 is a dated written term.
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