► 名詞
商売 [(1)しょうばい] meaning: business rank: 1
☆ そんなやり方では商売にならない ⇨ You can’t make money if you do it that way
☆ 彼は昔からここで商売している ⇨ He is doing business here for a long time
☆ 彼は職人で商売には関心が無い ⇨ He is a craftsman and not very interested in business
商売 [(1)しょうばい] [商売上がったり] meaning: business rank: 1
☆ インターネットのせいで本屋の商売は上がったりだ ⇨ Bookstores can no longer make money because of internet
More examples:
- コロナ禍で商売上がったりだ ⇨ My business has gone belly up because of COVID
- 彼は商売敵より安く売ろうと頑張っている ⇨ He is trying to sell at lower prices than his business rival
- コロナ禍で水商売は大きな打撃を受けた ⇨ Restaurants, bars, clubs, hotels, etc. were severely affected by COVID pandemic
- 儲けが無くては商売は成り立たない ⇨ The business cannot exist, function, without profits
- 意外にも彼の商売は成功した ⇨ His business has succeeded unexpectedly
- ボロい商売 ⇨ A cushy job
- 不景気で商売上がったりだ ⇨ The business has dried up because of the bad economy
- 彼は商売が大繁盛でホクホクしている ⇨ He is very happy because his business is booming
- 彼は胡散臭い商売をしている ⇨ He is running some fishy business
- 商売がこけた ⇨ The business failed, went kaput
- 彼女は自分の商売を始めようと孤軍奮闘した ⇨ She worked hard as one-person army in order to start her own business
- 商売はやり方次第だ ⇨ Business is all about how you manage it
- 彼は実家の商売を継いだ ⇨ He has succeeded his family business
- 彼は商売が大繁盛でホクホク顔だ ⇨ He is sporting a happy face because his business is booming
- 彼は家の商売を継いだ ⇨ He succeeded his family business