► 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:
- 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
- 芸人は難しい商売だ ⇨ An entertainer is a difficult profession
- 彼は商売を畳んだ ⇨ He folded his business
- 割が良い商売 ⇨ A business with good profit ratio
- 彼には商売の才が有る ⇨ He has talent for business
- 不景気で商売上がったりだ ⇨ The business has dried up because of the bad economy
- 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
- 彼は商売で当てた ⇨ He has made a lot of money with his business
- 彼は商売の権利を売り渡した ⇨ He sold his business rights
- 連中は悪どい商売をしている ⇨ They’re doing some dirty, immoral, business
- その手の商売は浮き沈みが激しい ⇨ That kind of business has a lot of ups and downs
- 老人を食い物にしている商売 ⇨ Businesses that are preying on old people
- 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
- 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