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[しょう()·にん()]
shounin
noun

Alternate Written Forms:

[あきん()·()]
akindo
[あきう()·()]
akiudo
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[あきゅうど(商人)]
akyuudo
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[あきび()·()]
akibito
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English Meaning(s) for 商人

noun
  1. merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper

Definition and Synonyms for 商人

Merchant a businessperson engaged in retail trade
Synonyms: マーチャント, マーチャンダイザー, 商人, 商売人, 商屋, 市人, 市人
Dealer the major party to a financial transaction at a stock exchange
Synonyms: ディーラー, 商人
Vender someone who promotes or exchanges goods or services for money
Synonyms: ベンダー, ヴェンダー, 仕入れ先, 商人, 売り手, 店員, 店番, 酒屋
Trader someone who purchases and maintains an inventory of goods to be sold
Synonyms: ディーラー, 商人, 商売人, 売人
Dealer buys and sells for his own account
Synonyms: ディーラー, 商人

Meanings for each kanji in 商人

» make a deal; selling; dealing in; merchant
» person

Categories 商人 is a member of

Bourgeois a capitalist who engages in industrial commercial enterprise
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Moneyman a person skilled in large scale financial transactions
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Merchant a businessperson engaged in retail trade
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Stroke Order Diagrams for 商人

Sample Sentences for 商人

He has two sons who became merchants.
Mr. Brown is a wool merchant.
The industrious merchant worships his ancestors.
The dealer took advantage of her ignorance and bought the picture very cheap.
That boy was so clever that he was helpful to the merchant in dealing.

Comments for 商人

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In last example sentence,

さらにその他には、常に物々交換で生きていてその伝統的な方法に従事し続けている商人たちもいる。

highlighting reveals reading asとこand it should read つね. Voiceover is correct, however.

#1 Posted by Raggles over 7 years ago


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