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商戦 (shousen) Japanese meaning: sales competition | Kotomora
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The year-end sales competition is in full swing.
Companies are waging a sales battle with their new products.
Usage patterns 商しょう 戦せん を 繰く り 広ひろ げる to wage a sales battle
Companies are launching new products and waging a fierce sales battle.
商しょう 戦せん に 勝か つ to win the sales competition
This manufacturer won this year's sales competition.
〈 時とき 〉 の 商しょう 戦せん が 本ほん 格かく 化か する the sales competition for a given season heats up in earnest
The Christmas sales competition is now in full swing.
Kanji 商 make a deal, selling, dealing in Related words 競争 is a general word for competition in any field, while 商戦 specifically describes intense commercial or sales rivalry between companies.
争奪戦 describes a fierce fight to obtain something (customers, territory, etc.), while 商戦 is used specifically for competitive selling and marketing battles between businesses.
Word family year-end sales battle; year-end shopping season
year-end sales battle; year-end shopping season
bonus-time sales offensive; year-end bonus sales push
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.
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Christmas sales battle; holiday retail competition
