Definition: 意味
trade; business; commerce; transaction; occupation
Learn Japanese vocabulary: 商売 【しょうばい】(shoubai)
Meaning: trade; business; commerce; transaction; occupation.
Type: Noun
Level: JLPT N3 Vocabulary
商売 - Example Sentences 例文
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Example #1
商売は商売。
しょうばいはしょうばい。
shoubai wa shoubai.
Business is business.
Example #2
あの人は商売は何だ？
あのひとはしょうばいはなんだ？
ano hito wa shoubai wa nanda?
What is his profession?
Example #3
今のところ商売はまずまずだ。
いまのところしょうばいはまずまずだ。
ima no tokoro shoubai wa mazumazu da.
Business is so-so at the moment.
Example #4
千円の資本で商売を始めた。
せんえんのしほんでしょうばいをはじめた。
sen'en no shihon de shoubai wo hajimeta.
I started this business with only 1,000 yen.
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