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商戦 (しょうせん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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noun
sales competition ; business rivalry
Refers to intense competition between companies or stores to capture market share, often during peak sales periods like year-end or back-to-school seasons.
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Companies are waging a sales battle with their new products.
Kanji 商 make a deal, selling, dealing in Similar words 競きょう 争そう 競争 is a general term for competition in any field, while 商戦 specifically refers to commercial or sales competition.
販はん 売ばい 競きょう 争そう 販売競争 is a more direct synonym for sales competition, but 商戦 is more common in news headlines and has a stronger nuance of a strategic battle.
Etymology Compound of 商 (commerce, trade) and 戦 (war, battle), literally 'trade war'. The term emerged in modern business journalism to describe fierce market competition.
