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商人 (しょうにん): trader, shopkeeper, merchant — Japanese vocabulary

商人 is read しょうにん and means "trader, shopkeeper, merchant". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

商人

Reading
しょうにん · shounin
Translation
trader, shopkeeper, merchant
Level
JLPT N3
Pitch accent
しょうにんが

Example

ジョージは商人として身を立てた。

ジョージはしょうにんとしてみをたてた。

George set up as a merchant.

Kanji in this word

  • 商 — trade, commerce
  • 人 — person

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