商しょう売ばい気質かたぎ

noun

mercantile spirit; mercenary mindset

Describes a personality or attitude shaped by commerce, often with a nuance of being profit-driven or business-minded. Can be neutral or slightly negative depending on context.

• 彼かれは商しょう売ばい気質かたぎが強つよいから、損そん得とくをすぐ計けい算さんする。

  He has a strong mercantile spirit, so he quickly calculates profit and loss.

• あの店てん員いんの商しょう売ばい気質かたぎには感かん心しんするよ。

  I'm impressed by that clerk's business-minded attitude.