しょうにん
Meanings
Noun
1. merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
The merchant gave a shake of the head.
Pitch accent
しょ
うにん
Composed of
quotient; business; merchant; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (of China; approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
counter for people
Used in vocabulary (23 in total)
slaver; slave trader
peddler; pedlar; hawker
Examples (31 in total)
The merchant gave a shake of the head.
I am not a merchant.
He is a famous merchant.
So as a merchant, you've made it, right?
That is a fatal wound for the merchant.
She married a rich merchant.
A merchant is a person who buys and sells goods.
George set up as a merchant.
The merchant bribed the politician.
They are not merchants, but farmers.
He believed the merchant entirely.
Well, merchants are creatures like that.
Is this a merchant-style greeting?
The merchant places the envelope on the counter.
The merchant sent the politician a bribe.
Mr. Brown is a wool merchant.
He has two sons who became merchants.
Amidst that, incredible information was received from a certain merchant.
He's one of the influential merchants in this town.
It wouldn't be strange if a merchant had their eye on that.
What exactly happened at the food merchants' association?
The industrious merchant worships his ancestors.
That's because, even though we lump them all together as "merchants", there are all kinds of people.
It was a saving grace that the merchants had also increased their guards just in case.
As a result, he became a great merchant.
He has two sons, who became merchants.
Some merchants even come from foreign lands, from across the southern sea.
If things continue like this, public order will deteriorate, and other merchants will stop passing through.
One night a merchant was walking up the slope on his way home.
The rich merchant adopted the boy and made him his heir.
The merchant man who had been sitting in the back willingly made room.