ビジネス

びじねす
noun
business
businesswork
1. business, commerce, work
Commercial activity, professional work, or the business world in general. Used very broadly in Japanese as a modifier for work-related contexts.
ビジネスで大阪(おおさか)に行(い)く。
I'm going to Osaka on business.
ビジネスマナーを身(み)につけることは大切(たいせつ)だ。
It's important to learn business etiquette.
新(あたら)しいビジネスモデルを考(かんが)えて、起業(きぎょう)する人(ひと)が増(ふ)えている。
More people are thinking up new business models and starting companies.

Usage

ビジネス is extremely productive as a compound modifier in Japanese. It attaches to many words to create business-context terms that may not have direct English equivalents.

Compounds

  • ビジネスマナー: business etiquette
  • ビジネスメール: business email
  • ビジネス敬語(けいご): business-level polite language
  • ビジネスモデル: business model
  • ビジネスパートナー: business partner
  • ビジネスホテル: business hotel (budget hotel for business travelers)
  • ビジネスクラス: business class (on a flight)
  • ビジネスマン: businessman (note: ビジネスパーソン is increasingly used as a gender-neutral alternative)

Related Words

Compare: 商売(しょうばい) (business, trade)
Compare: 商業(しょうぎょう) (commerce)
Compare: 商(あきな)い (trade)
Compare: 商界(しょうかい) (business world)
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