ビジネス
びじねす
noun
business
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.
ビジネスで大阪に行く。
I'm going to Osaka on business.
ビジネスマナーを身につけることは大切だ。
It's important to learn business etiquette.
新しいビジネスモデルを考えて、起業する人が増えている。
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.
COMMON 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: 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)