商しょう務む

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 100,000

Meanings

noun

commercial affairs; business matters

Refers to matters related to commerce, trade, or business operations. Often used in formal or business contexts.

商しょう務む省しょうは新あたらしい貿ぼう易えき政せい策さくを発はっ表ぴょうした。
The Ministry of Commerce announced a new trade policy.
彼かれは商しょう務むの経けい験けんが豊ほう富ふだ。
He has extensive experience in commercial affairs.

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Usage patterns

商しょう務むを行おこなうto conduct commercial affairs/business
その部ぶ署しょは海かい外がいとの商しょう務むを行おこなっている。
That department conducts business affairs with overseas partners.
商しょう務むに携たずさわるto be engaged in commercial affairs
彼かれは長なが年ねん、貿ぼう易えき関かん連れんの商しょう務むに携たずさわってきた。
He has been engaged in trade-related business affairs for many years.

Kanji

商make a deal, selling, dealing in
務task, duties

Related words

商しょう業ぎょうN3
商業 refers broadly to commerce or trade as an industry, while 商務 focuses on the specific administrative or official business affairs within that trade.
業ぎょう務むN1
業務 covers general work duties or operations in any organization, whereas 商務 is specifically about commercial or trade-related business matters.
ビジネスN2
ビジネス is a casual, general loanword for business, while 商務 is a formal term used in governmental or corporate contexts for commercial affairs.

Word family

商しょう務む官かん
commercial attaché

Etymology

Compound of 商 (commerce, trade) and 務 (duty, affairs). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the combination naturally yields the meaning 'commercial affairs'.