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商業 (しょうぎょう, shougyou) Japanese meaning: commerce | Kotomora
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こう
校こう
を
卒そつ
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He graduated from a commercial high school.
This area is a center of commerce.
Usage patterns 商しょう 業ぎょう に 従じゅう 事じ する to be engaged in commerce/trade
His family has long been engaged in commerce.
商しょう 業ぎょう が 発はっ 展てん する for commerce/trade to develop or flourish
Commerce has developed in this port town.
商しょう 業ぎょう 的てき な 〈 物もの 〉 commercial (film, success, etc.)
That film achieved commercial success.
商しょう 業ぎょう を 営いとな む to run/carry on a commercial business
He has run a commercial business in this town for many years.
Kanji 商 make a deal, selling, dealing in 業 business, vocation, arts Related words· 13 商業 refers to commerce as a broad industry or concept, while 商売 usually means a specific trade, shop, or one's own business.
ビジネス is a loanword used for modern, corporate, or entrepreneurial activity, whereas 商業 is the native Sino-Japanese term for commerce and trade in general.
貿易 specifically means international trade between countries, while 商業 covers commerce more broadly, including domestic dealings.
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.
Show 9 more 商業 refers concretely to commerce as an industry or activity, while 商 is the more abstract, often bound-morpheme term for business or trade.
商業 refers broadly to commerce or trade, while 営利 specifically emphasizes the profit-seeking motive behind an activity or organization.
商業 covers commerce and business activity broadly, including retail and services, whereas 交易 emphasizes the direct exchange of goods.
Don't confuse with 商業 means commerce and trade (buying and selling), while 工業 means manufacturing industry (making goods).
産業 is the general term for industry covering all sectors, while 商業 narrows this to the commerce and trade sector specifically.
商業 refers to commerce or the trade industry as an abstract system, while 商売 refers to an individual's or shop's actual business activity.
Word family· 37 commercialization
history of commerce; commercial history
mercantile nation; trading nation
business district; commercial area
Etymology Sino-Japanese compound of 商 (commerce, trade) and 業 (work, industry).
商業 refers specifically to commerce and trade (buying and selling), whereas 実業 covers a wider range of productive business, including manufacturing.
商業 refers to commerce or trade as an industry, whereas 商用 describes something's practical purpose as being for business use.
商業 covers commerce broadly, including domestic retail, whereas 通商 specifically emphasizes trade between countries or regions.
商業 refers to commerce as an industry or economic activity, whereas 商事 refers to specific commercial affairs or transactions, often in a corporate or legal sense.
商業 is an abstract, institutional term for commerce as an industry, while 商い refers to the concrete act or volume of buying and selling.
商業 focuses narrowly on commerce and trade, while 産業 is the broader category that includes manufacturing, agriculture, and services.
商しょう 工こう
商業 refers only to trade/commerce, whereas 商工 covers both commerce and industry together.
Show 5 more commercial correspondence; business writing
commercial port
commercial; for commercial use
commercial world; business circles
shopping street; commercial district
