► 動詞
営業 [えいぎょう] [営業する] meaning: business rank: 2
☆ あの店は朝八時から夜十時まで営業している ⇨ That store is doing business from 8AM to 10PM
商う [(3)あきなう] [liter] meaning: business rank: 4
☆ 彼は貴金属を商って財を成した ⇨ He built his fortune by trading precious metal (☛ 文語、又は古い表現)
起業 [(2)きぎょう] [起業する] meaning: business rank: 4
☆ 彼は起業して成功した ⇨ He started his own business and succeeded
行商 [ぎょうしょう] [行商する] [liter] meaning: business rank: 4
☆ 彼女は五十年間毎日野菜を行商した ⇨ She peddled vegetable everyday for 50 years
► 成句
一旗 [(2)ひとはた] [一旗揚げる] meaning: business rank: 4
☆ 東京で一旗揚げるつもりだ ⇨ I’m planning to start a business in Tokyo (☛ Try to be an entrepreneur and have a success)
► 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
営業 [えいぎょう] meaning: business rank: 2
☆ その店は営業停止処分になった ⇨ The store was given a suspension of the business license
☆ 営業時間 ⇨ Business hours
企業 [(1)きぎょう] meaning: business rank: 2
☆ 中小企業 ⇨ Mid and small companies (☛ Usually refers to business entities as a group)
☆ 彼は大企業に勤めている ⇨ He works for a big corporation (☛ Usually refers to business entities as a group)
経営者 [(3)けいえいしゃ] meaning: business rank: 2
☆ 中小企業の経営者 ⇨ Entrepreneurs of small and mid-sized businesses
事業 [(1)じぎょう] meaning: business rank: 2
☆ 事業家 ⇨ An entrepreneur
☆ 彼は自分の事業を起こした ⇨ He started his own business
商談 [しょうだん] meaning: business rank: 3
☆ 大きな商談が入った ⇨ There has been a big business prospect (☛ Literally “business talk”. A preliminary business inquiry)
商人 [(1)しょうにん] [liter] meaning: business rank: 3
☆ 大阪は商人の街として栄えた ⇨ Osaka prospered as a town of merchants (☛ Typically a historic term referring to merchants in the social hierarchy under the feudal system)
実業家 [じつぎょうか] meaning: business rank: 3
☆ 彼は世界有数の実業家だ ⇨ He is one of the top business people in the world
水商売 [(3)みずしょうばい] meaning: business rank: 3
☆ 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 (☛ Literally “water business”. In the wider sense it includes any non-essential business that is affected by popularity. In the narrower sense it refers to bar business)
商い [(2)あきない] [liter] meaning: business rank: 4
☆ 彼は商いの勘を持っている ⇨ He has the feel for business (☛ 文語、又は古い表現)
商人 [(2)あきんど] [liter] meaning: business rank: 4
☆ 商人 ⇨ A merchant, business person (☛ Especially refers to business people in the warrior-era social hierarchy)
起業 [(2)きぎょう] meaning: business rank: 4
☆ 起業家 ⇨ An entrepreneur (☛ Start one’s own business)
合弁 [ごうべん] meaning: business rank: 4
☆ 合弁会社 ⇨ A joint venture, jointly-owned company
財界 [ざいかい] meaning: business rank: 4
☆ 政府に財界から圧力が掛かった ⇨ The big business put pressure on the government (☛ Literally “wealth world”. Big business as a collective)
自営業 [(2)じえいぎょう] meaning: business rank: 4
☆ 私は自営業だ ⇨ I run my own business. I am self-employed (☛ Literally “self-managed business”)
実業 [じつぎょう] meaning: business rank: 4
☆ 実業界の大立者 ⇨ Big shots in the business world (☛ Literally “concrete business”, that have physical products)