VocabJLPT N3
trade
NounSuru VerbIntransitive Verb

Definitions

  1. 1. trade
  2. 2. business
  3. 3. occupation
This noun refers to trade, business, or commerce, especially in the context of buying and selling goods or running a shop. It often carries a traditional or small-business nuance and is used to talk about the activity of doing business or making a living through trade.

Example sentences

Sentence 1

On rainy days the customers dry up — it's rough for business.

Sentence 2

That smile is totally for the customers, isn't it!

Sentence 3

Are you prepared to keep running a business here?

Sentence 4

It's not what you sell, but how you do business that matters.

Sentence 5

The bakery down the street is open and bustling bright and early.