Definition of しょうばい
- (n) soot of burnt pine
Words related to しょうばい
- (n) hotel; service (restaurant, entertainment) business
- (n) commercial spirit; profit motive
- (n) mercenary spirit
- (n) business connections
- (n) merchant; trader
- expert (professional) in a given trade or profession; shrewd businessman; expert
- woman working in the nightlife business (bar or nightclub hostess, geisha, etc.); demimondaine
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(n) change of occupation
３０過ぎての商売替えは大変だからしたくないのですけれどね。
Well it's very difficult changing jobs after you're thirty so I don't really want to do it.
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(n) business rival; professional jealousy
商売敵は仲が悪い。
Two of a trade seldom agree.
- (n) stock-in-trade; tools of one's trade
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(n-t) nature of one's business; business instinct
商売柄いつもネクタイを締めなければならない。
I always have to wear a tie because of my job.
- (n) occupations dependent on public favor (favour)
- (n) chancy trade (business) with a high turnover rate and uncertain profitability
- the entertainment, eating, and drinking business
- the night entertainment (nightlife) business
