Vocabulary

What does ~商 (~しょう) mean?

~商 (~しょう, ~shou) means merchant, trading firm (suffix).

Quick facts
Reading~しょう
Romaji~shou
Level (estimated, JLPT framework)N2
~しょう
N2 · estimated, JLPT framework~shou

merchant, trading firm (suffix)

Example sentences

  • My father works as a trading merchant.

  • My grandfather runs a secondhand goods shop in town.

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Entries, readings and English glosses: JMdict — Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group (EDRDG), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and their translations written by GoMe.

Voice: VOICEVOX Nemo.

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