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
- merchant
- trader
- tradesman
- dealer
- 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
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Related Vocabulary
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2その商人は客への対応が丁寧だ。
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.
幼少の時、父が死んで、その弟が、時代の衰勢と、自分の怠惰とから、すっかり、身代をつぶしてしまったらしく、後に、筆墨行商人になって、私の家へ、よく来たが、くると、母に叱られて、よわっていた。
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.