商い

商い

Japanese

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

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) あき​ない [àkíꜜnàì] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [a̠kʲina̠i]

Noun

商い (hiragana あきない, rōmaji akinai, historical hiragana あきなひ)

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

Synonyms

• (trade, commerce): 商 (しょう)売 (ばい) (shōbai)
• (amount sold): 売 (う)り上 (あ)げ (uriage)

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 (tanaakinai), 棚 (たな)商 (あきな)い (tanaakinai)
• 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. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN