(しょうぎょう)

しょうぎょう
noun
commerce; business
1. commerce; business; trade
The activity of buying and selling goods and services, especially on a large scale.
商業(しょうぎょう)地区(ちく)()く。
To go to the commercial district.
商業(しょうぎょう)活動(かつどう)(さか)んだ。
Commercial activity is thriving.
この区域(くいき)商業(しょうぎょう)地区(ちく)指定(してい)されている。
This area is designated as a commercial district.

商業(しょうぎょう) is a formal term for commerce and trade, often used in compound words and official contexts rather than in casual conversation.

COMMON COMPOUNDS:

  • 商業(しょうぎょう)地区(ちく): commercial district
  • 商業(しょうぎょう)施設(しせつ): commercial facility
  • 商業(しょうぎょう)活動(かつどう): commercial activity
  • 商業(しょうぎょう)主義(しゅぎ): commercialism
  • 商業(しょうぎょう)高校(こうこう): commercial high school

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • 商売(しょうばい): business, trade (more colloquial, personal-scale)
  • 貿易(ぼうえき): foreign trade, import-export
  • ビジネス: business (loanword, broad usage)
  • 経済(けいざい): economy (broader concept)

REGISTER:
Formal and written. In everyday speech, 商売(しょうばい) or ビジネス are more common when talking about doing business.