商売

Japanese

Kanji in this term
商	売
しょう Grade: 3	ばい Grade: 2
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
商賣 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しょ​ーばい [shóꜜòbàì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɕo̞ːba̠i]

Noun

商(しょう)売(ばい) • (shōbai) 

1. business
2. occupation

Synonyms

• ビジネス (bijinesu)
• 業務(ぎょうむ) (gyōmu)

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.