► 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:
- コロナ禍で水商売は大きな打撃を受けた ⇨ Restaurants, bars, clubs, hotels, etc. were severely affected by COVID pandemic
- 割が良い商売 ⇨ A business with good profit ratio
- 商売を始めるには元手が必要だ ⇨ You need a capital to start a business
- 浮き沈みの激しい商売 ⇨ Businesses with a lot of floatings and sinkings, ups and downs
- 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
- 商売を自営する利点 ⇨ Pros of managing business oneself, self-employed
- 商売は先細ってしまった ⇨ The business has tapered off, declined
- 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
- 商売がこけた ⇨ The business failed, went kaput
- 彼は商売を畳んだ ⇨ He folded his business
- 彼は手広く商売をしている ⇨ He is doing a wide range of business
- 殆ど実入りの無い商売 ⇨
- 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
- 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