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しょうばい
Meanings
Noun
Verb (する, intransitive)
1. trade; business; commerce
Because my family is in business.
Noun
Colloquialism
2. occupation; calling; profession; job
In this line of work, you meet all kinds of people.
Alt. forms
商しょう売ばい
99%
しょうばい
Pitch accent
しょ
うばい
Conjugations...Used in: 19
Used in vocabulary (24 in total)
merchant; trader; expert (in a trade or profession); professional; woman working in the nightlife business (bar or nightclub hostess, geisha, etc.); demimondaine
chancy trade or business with uncertain profitability; night entertainment business (e.g. hostess bar); nightlife business
to be profitable (business); to pay; to be in the black
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Examples (46 in total)
Business is business.
It's a tough line of work.
Because I am involved in business.
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