Word Meaning 商人

しょうにん shounin

商人 is read as しょうにん (shounin) and means merchant.

Meaning

English

  1. merchant
  2. trader
  3. tradesman
  4. dealer
  5. shopkeeper

Reading

Kana

しょうにん

Romaji

shounin

Writing Variants

  • 商人 あきうど akiudo
  • 商人 あきびと akibito
  • 商人 あきゅうど akyuudo
  • 商人 あきんど akindo

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 13 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Related Words 平民,庶民,人民,農民,工人,労働者,市民 Rank 8 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

商売人

しょうばいにん

expert (in a trade or profession)

中間商人

ちゅうかんしょうにん

middleman

出入りの商人

でいりのしょうにん

one's regular tradesman

大商人

おおあきんど

wealthy merchant

行商人

ぎょうしょうにん

peddler

大道商人

だいどうしょうにん

street vendor

小商人

こあきんど

small businessman

死の商人

しのしょうにん

merchant of death

ベニスの商人

べにすのしょうにん

The Merchant of Venice (play by William Shakespeare)

ヴェニスの商人

ゔぇにすのしょうにん

The Merchant of Venice (play by William Shakespeare)

商人街

しょうにんまち

business street

商人根性

しょうにんこんじょう

mercantile disposition

Example Sentences

2

そのしょうにんはきゃくへのたいおうがていねいだ。

That merchant is courteous to customers.

When I was very young, my father died. His younger brother, due to the vicissitudes of the times and to his own laziness, dissipated his own fortune and afterwards became a peddler of writing materials. He often came to our house, but when he came, my mother would scold him and he would be troubled.