行ぎょう商しょう人にん

noun

peddler; hawker; itinerant merchant

Refers to a person who travels around selling goods, often in historical or traditional contexts. In modern usage, it may evoke a somewhat old-fashioned image, though still used for street vendors or traveling salespeople.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいには、行ぎょう商しょう人にんが村むらから村むらへと商しょう品ひんを売うり歩あるいた。

  In the Edo period, peddlers traveled from village to village selling goods.

• 彼かれは若わかい頃ころ、行ぎょう商しょう人にんとして日本にほん中じゅうを旅たびした。

  When he was young, he traveled all over Japan as a peddler.