電子商取引(でんししょうとりひき)

でんししょうとりひき
noun
electronic commerce; e-commerce
1. electronic commerce; e-commerce
The buying and selling of goods and services over the internet or other electronic networks. The formal Japanese term for online business transactions.
電子商取引(でんししょうとりひき)の市場(しじょう)。
The e-commerce market.
電子商取引(でんししょうとりひき)の規模(きぼ)は年々(ねんねん)拡大(かくだい)している。
The scale of e-commerce is expanding year by year.
政府(せいふ)は電子商取引(でんししょうとりひき)に関(かん)する法律(ほうりつ)の整備(せいび)を進(すす)めている。
The government is advancing the development of laws related to e-commerce.

Composed of 電子(でんし) (electronic) and 商取引(しょうとりひき) (commercial transaction). A formal term used in legal, economic, and business contexts. In everyday Japanese, the English loanword Eコマース or the phrase ネット通販(つうはん) (online shopping) is much more common. The formal term is often seen in government reports, academic papers, and news articles that focus on the industry as a whole.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 電子商取引(でんししょうとりひき)市場(しじょう): the e-commerce market
  • 電子商取引(でんししょうとりひき)の拡大(かくだい): expansion of e-commerce
  • 電子商取引(でんししょうとりひき)事業者(じぎょうしゃ): e-commerce business operator
  • 国境(こっきょう)を越(こ)えた電子商取引(でんししょうとりひき): cross-border e-commerce

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • Eコマース: e-commerce — everyday loanword, widely used
  • ネット通販(つうはん): online mail-order shopping — consumer-facing, common in casual speech
  • オンライン販売(はんばい): online sales — from the seller's perspective
  • 通信販売(つうしんはんばい): mail-order sales — broader term including non-internet methods
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