► 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:
- 商売を始めるには纏まったお金が必要になる ⇨ You need a certain amount of money to start your business
- 商売は先細ってしまった ⇨ The business has tapered off, declined
- 彼は実家の商売を継いだ ⇨ He has succeeded his family business
- 芸人は難しい商売だ ⇨ An entertainer is a difficult profession
- 彼は商売の権利を売り渡した ⇨ He sold his business rights
- 商売はやり方次第だ ⇨ Business is all about how you manage it
- 彼は商売の権利を売却した ⇨ He sold the right of his business
- 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
- 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
- 商売を始めるには元手が必要だ ⇨ You need a capital to start a business
- 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
- 彼は手広く商売をしている ⇨ He is doing a wide range of business
- 彼は胡散臭い商売をしている ⇨ He is running some fishy business
- 老人を食い物にしている商売 ⇨ Businesses that are preying on old people