Common word› JLPT N4 › Freq. Frequency Top 1,000 Conjugation 営業する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 営えい 業ぎょう する 営えい 業ぎょう しない Polite 営えい 業ぎょう します 営えい 業ぎょう しません Past polite 営えい 業ぎょう しました 営えい 業ぎょう しませんでした Past 営えい 業ぎょう した 営えい 業ぎょう しなかった Te-form 営えい 業ぎょう して 営えい 業ぎょう しないで Desire 営えい 業ぎょう したい 営えい 業ぎょう したくない Potential 営えい 業ぎょう できる 営えい 業ぎょう できない Passive 営えい 業ぎょう される 営えい 業ぎょう されない Causative 営えい 業ぎょう させる 営えい 業ぎょう させない Causative passive 営えい 業ぎょう させられる 営えい 業ぎょう させられない Volitional 営えい 業ぎょう しよう Polite volitional 営えい 業ぎょう しましょう Imperative 営えい 業ぎょう しろ 営えい 業ぎょう するな Conditional 営えい 業ぎょう すれば 営えい 業ぎょう しなければ Tara conditional 営えい 業ぎょう したら 営えい 業ぎょう しなかったら
Usage patterns 〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 で 営えい 業ぎょう する to operate a business at 〈場所〉
This restaurant operates until late at night.
営えい 業ぎょう を 始はじ める to start operating (a business)
This shop will start operating next month.
〈 人ひと 〉 に 営えい 業ぎょう をかける to make a sales pitch to someone
I made a sales pitch to a new customer.
営えい 業ぎょう に 回まわ る to go around on sales visits
I plan to go around on sales visits in the afternoon.
〈 人ひと 〉 が 営えい 業ぎょう を 担たん 当とう する someone is in charge of sales
He is in charge of sales.
Kanji 業 business, vocation, arts Related words 商売 is a more general, often smaller-scale word for trade or commerce, while 営業 emphasizes organized business operations or sales activities within a company.
販売 focuses narrowly on the act of selling goods, whereas 営業 covers broader activities including sales, marketing, and daily operations.
事業 refers to an enterprise or undertaking as a whole (often large-scale, like a project or industry), while 営業 refers to the ongoing act of running or selling within a business.
営業 covers business operations and client relations broadly, while セールス focuses specifically on the act of selling to customers.
Don't confuse with· 5 経営 means managing or running a business overall (strategy, finances), while 営業 refers more specifically to sales activities or day-to-day operating hours.
運営 means operating or administering an organization, event, or system, whereas 営業 specifically concerns commercial business or sales activity.
営業 means running a business or being open for business in general, while 営農 specifically refers to running a farming operation.
Show 2 more Show fewer 営業 means running a business or making sales, whereas 営利 refers to the underlying profit motive itself; the two share the kanji 営 but describe different things.
営業 refers to the business/sales activity itself, while 営業マン refers to the person who performs that job.
Word family· 66 self-employment; independent business
open for business; now open
client office; client company; business destination
sales ability; marketing strength
salesperson; sales representative; sales staff
Show 6 more Show fewer business office; place of business
business day; working day
sales field; business field
business tax
business operator; entrepreneur
operating expenses; operating costs
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Etymology Compound of 営 (manage, conduct) and 業 (business, work). The term originally referred to running a business or enterprise, and its modern senses developed naturally from that core meaning.
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