"商い" meaning in Japanese

See 商い in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [a̠kʲina̠i] Forms: 商い [canonical] (ruby: (あきな)), akinai [romanization], akinafi [romanization], あきなひ [hiragana, historical]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|あきない|hhira=あきなひ}} 商(あきな)い • (akinai) ^(←あきなひ (akinafi)?)
  1. trade; commerce Synonyms (trade): 商売 (shōbai) (ruby: (しょう), (ばい)) [commerce, business]
    Sense id: en-商い-ja-noun-pSZLZmfF Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese terms with 1 kanji, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 58 42 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 80 20 Disambiguation of 'trade': 90 10
  2. sales (amount sold); turnover Synonyms (amount sold): 売り上げ (uriage) (ruby: (), ())
    Sense id: en-商い-ja-noun-t6m7g7J3 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 1 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 44 56 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 38 62 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 49 51 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 43 57 Disambiguation of 'amount sold': 7 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 大商い (ōakinai) (ruby: (おお), (あきな)), 掛け商い (kakeakinai) (ruby: (), (あきな)) (english: trading on credit), 現金商い (genkin'akinai) (ruby: (げん), (きん), (あきな)) (english: trading by cash), 店商い (tanākinai), 棚商い (tanākinai), 辻商い (tsujiakinai) (ruby: (つじ), (あきな)), 棒商い (bōakinai) (ruby: (ぼう), (あきな)), 闇商い (yamiakinai) (ruby: (やみ), (あきな)) (english: illegal trade), 商い神 (akinaigami) (ruby: (あきな), (がみ)) (english: god of commerce; Ebisu), 商い口 (akinaiguchi) (ruby: (あきな), (ぐち)), 商い物 (akinaimono) (ruby: (あきな), (もの)) (english: merchandise), 商い船 (akinaibune) (ruby: (あきな), (ぶね)) (english: cargo ship), 商い屋 (akinaiya) (ruby: (あきな), ()) (english: shop, merchant), 商いは牛の涎 (akinai wa ushi no yodare) (ruby: (あきな), (うし), (よだれ))
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "ōakinai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "大",
          "おお"
        ],
        [
          "商",
          "あきな"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "大商い"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "trading on credit",
      "roman": "kakeakinai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "掛",
          "か"
        ],
        [
          "商",
          "あきな"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "掛け商い"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "trading by cash",
      "roman": "genkin'akinai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "現",
          "げん"
        ],
        [
          "金",
          "きん"
        ],
        [
          "商",
          "あきな"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "現金商い"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "tanākinai",
      "word": "店商い"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "tanākinai",
      "word": "棚商い"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "tsujiakinai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "辻",
          "つじ"
        ],
        [
          "商",
          "あきな"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "辻商い"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "bōakinai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "棒",
          "ぼう"
        ],
        [
          "商",
          "あきな"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "棒商い"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "illegal trade",
      "roman": "yamiakinai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "闇",
          "やみ"
        ],
        [
          "商",
          "あきな"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "闇商い"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "god of commerce; Ebisu",
      "roman": "akinaigami",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "商",
          "あきな"
        ],
        [
          "神",
          "がみ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "商い神"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "akinaiguchi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "商",
          "あきな"
        ],
        [
          "口",
          "ぐち"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "商い口"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "merchandise",
      "roman": "akinaimono",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "商",
          "あきな"
        ],
        [
          "物",
          "もの"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "商い物"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "cargo ship",
      "roman": "akinaibune",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "商",
          "あきな"
        ],
        [
          "船",
          "ぶね"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "商い船"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "shop, merchant",
      "roman": "akinaiya",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "商",
          "あきな"
        ],
        [
          "屋",
          "や"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "商い屋"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "akinai wa ushi no yodare",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "商",
          "あきな"
        ],
        [
          "牛",
          "うし"
        ],
        [
          "涎",
          "よだれ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "商いは牛の涎"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "商い",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "商",
          "あきな"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "akinai",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "akinafi",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あきなひ",
      "roman": "akinafi",
      "tags": [
        "hiragana",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "あきない",
        "hhira": "あきなひ"
      },
      "expansion": "商(あきな)い • (akinai) ^(←あきなひ (akinafi)?)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "47 53",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "49 51",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "58 42",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "80 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "trade; commerce"
      ],
      "id": "en-商い-ja-noun-pSZLZmfF",
      "links": [
        [
          "trade",
          "trade"
        ],
        [
          "commerce",
          "commerce"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "roman": "shōbai",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "商",
              "しょう"
            ],
            [
              "売",
              "ばい"
            ]
          ],
          "sense": "trade",
          "topics": [
            "commerce",
            "business"
          ],
          "word": "商売"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "47 53",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "44 56",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "38 62",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "49 51",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "43 57",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sales (amount sold); turnover"
      ],
      "id": "en-商い-ja-noun-t6m7g7J3",
      "links": [
        [
          "sales",
          "sales"
        ],
        [
          "turnover",
          "turnover"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "7 93",
          "roman": "uriage",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "売",
              "う"
            ],
            [
              "上",
              "あ"
            ]
          ],
          "sense": "amount sold",
          "word": "売り上げ"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "あきない"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[a̠kʲina̠i]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "商い"
}
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    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese nouns",
    "Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "ōakinai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "大",
          "おお"
        ],
        [
          "商",
          "あきな"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "大商い"
    },
    {
      "english": "trading on credit",
      "roman": "kakeakinai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "掛",
          "か"
        ],
        [
          "商",
          "あきな"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "掛け商い"
    },
    {
      "english": "trading by cash",
      "roman": "genkin'akinai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "現",
          "げん"
        ],
        [
          "金",
          "きん"
        ],
        [
          "商",
          "あきな"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "現金商い"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tanākinai",
      "word": "店商い"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tanākinai",
      "word": "棚商い"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tsujiakinai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "辻",
          "つじ"
        ],
        [
          "商",
          "あきな"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "辻商い"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bōakinai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "棒",
          "ぼう"
        ],
        [
          "商",
          "あきな"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "棒商い"
    },
    {
      "english": "illegal trade",
      "roman": "yamiakinai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "闇",
          "やみ"
        ],
        [
          "商",
          "あきな"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "闇商い"
    },
    {
      "english": "god of commerce; Ebisu",
      "roman": "akinaigami",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "商",
          "あきな"
        ],
        [
          "神",
          "がみ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "商い神"
    },
    {
      "roman": "akinaiguchi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "商",
          "あきな"
        ],
        [
          "口",
          "ぐち"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "商い口"
    },
    {
      "english": "merchandise",
      "roman": "akinaimono",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "商",
          "あきな"
        ],
        [
          "物",
          "もの"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "商い物"
    },
    {
      "english": "cargo ship",
      "roman": "akinaibune",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "商",
          "あきな"
        ],
        [
          "船",
          "ぶね"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "商い船"
    },
    {
      "english": "shop, merchant",
      "roman": "akinaiya",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "商",
          "あきな"
        ],
        [
          "屋",
          "や"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "商い屋"
    },
    {
      "roman": "akinai wa ushi no yodare",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "商",
          "あきな"
        ],
        [
          "牛",
          "うし"
        ],
        [
          "涎",
          "よだれ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "商いは牛の涎"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "form": "商い",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "商",
          "あきな"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "akinai",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "akinafi",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あきなひ",
      "roman": "akinafi",
      "tags": [
        "hiragana",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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        "hhira": "あきなひ"
      },
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "trade; commerce"
      ],
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        [
          "trade",
          "trade"
        ],
        [
          "commerce",
          "commerce"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "sales (amount sold); turnover"
      ],
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        [
          "sales",
          "sales"
        ],
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          "turnover"
        ]
      ]
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  ],
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      "other": "あきない"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[a̠kʲina̠i]"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "roman": "shōbai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "商",
          "しょう"
        ],
        [
          "売",
          "ばい"
        ]
      ],
      "sense": "trade",
      "topics": [
        "commerce",
        "business"
      ],
      "word": "商売"
    },
    {
      "roman": "uriage",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "売",
          "う"
        ],
        [
          "上",
          "あ"
        ]
      ],
      "sense": "amount sold",
      "word": "売り上げ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "商い"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 商い meaning in Japanese (2.9kB)

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  "title": "商い",
  "trace": "started on line 2, detected on line 2"
}

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