► 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:
- 商売が儲かって笑いが止まらない ⇨ I can’t stop laughing because my business is booming
- 商売がこけた ⇨ The business failed, went kaput
- 彼は商売の権利を売却した ⇨ He sold the right of his business
- 彼は商売の権利を売り渡した ⇨ He sold his business rights
- 儲けが無くては商売は成り立たない ⇨ The business cannot exist, function, without profits
- 彼は手広く商売をしている ⇨ He is doing a wide range of business
- 商売は先細ってしまった ⇨ The business has tapered off, declined
- 彼は商売を畳んだ ⇨ He folded his business
- 彼は感情に左右されない冷徹な商売人だ ⇨ He is a cold, calculating businessman who won’t be swayed by emotions
- 芸人は難しい商売だ ⇨ An entertainer is a difficult profession
- この手の商売は儲けが少ない ⇨ This kind of business doesn’t generate much profit
- ふとしたきっかけで始めたことが商売になった ⇨ Something I started with a total coincidence has become my business
- 不景気で商売上がったりだ ⇨ The business has dried up because of the bad economy
- 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
- 連中は悪どい商売をしている ⇨ They’re doing some dirty, immoral, business