商しょう売ばい気ぎ

noun

commercial spirit; profit motive

Refers to a mindset focused on business or profit, often with a nuance of being shrewd or money-minded.

• 彼かれは商しょう売ばい気ぎが強つよくて、何なんでも金かねもうけに結むすびつける。

  He has a strong commercial spirit and turns everything into a money-making opportunity.

• あの人ひとの話はなし方かたには商しょう売ばい気ぎが感かんじられる。

  You can sense a profit motive in the way he talks.