商い

Japanese
Kanji in this term
商
あきな
Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) あき​ない [àkíꜜnàì] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA(key): [a̠kʲina̠i]

Noun

商(あきな)い • (akinai) ←あきなひ (akinafi)?

  1. trade; commerce
  2. sales (amount sold); turnover

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • 大(おお)商(あきな)い (ōakinai)
  • 掛(か)け商(あきな)い (kakeakinai, “trading on credit”)
  • 現(げん)金(きん)商(あきな)い (genkin'akinai, “trading by cash”)
  • 店(たな)商(あきな)い (tanākinai), 棚(たな)商(あきな)い (tanākinai)
  • 辻(つじ)商(あきな)い (tsujiakinai)
  • 棒(ぼう)商(あきな)い (bōakinai)
  • 闇(やみ)商(あきな)い (yamiakinai, “illegal trade”)
  • 商(あきな)い神(がみ) (akinaigami, “god of commerce; Ebisu”)
  • 商(あきな)い口(ぐち) (akinaiguchi)
  • 商(あきな)い物(もの) (akinaimono, “merchandise”)
  • 商(あきな)い船(ぶね) (akinaibune, “cargo ship”)
  • 商(あきな)い屋(や) (akinaiya, “shop, merchant”)
  • 商(あきな)いは牛(うし)の涎(よだれ) (akinai wa ushi no yodare)

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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