営業

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See also: 營業 and 营业

Japanese

Kanji in this term
営 業
えい
Grade: 5 		ぎょう
Grade: 3
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
營業 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Noun

営(えい)業(ぎょう) • (eigyō) 

  1. operation, business
  2. sales, retail, trade

Verb

営(えい)業(ぎょう)する • (eigyō suru) transitive suru (stem 営(えい)業(ぎょう)し (eigyō shi), past 営(えい)業(ぎょう)した (eigyō shita))

  1. to operate (a business)
    飲食店(いんしょくてん)を営業(えいぎょう)する
    inshokuten o eigyō suru
    operate a restaurant

Conjugation

Conjugation of "営業する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 営業し えいぎょうし eigyō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 営業し えいぎょうし eigyō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 営業する えいぎょうする eigyō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 営業する えいぎょうする eigyō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 営業すれ えいぎょうすれ eigyō sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 営業せよ¹
営業しろ² 		えいぎょうせよ¹
えいぎょうしろ² 		eigyō seyo¹
eigyō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 営業される えいぎょうされる eigyō sareru
Causative 営業させる
営業さす 		えいぎょうさせる
えいぎょうさす 		eigyō saseru
eigyō sasu
Potential 営業できる えいぎょうできる eigyō dekiru
Volitional 営業しよう えいぎょうしよう eigyō shiyō
Negative 営業しない えいぎょうしない eigyō shinai
Negative continuative 営業せず えいぎょうせず eigyō sezu
Formal 営業します えいぎょうします eigyō shimasu
Perfective 営業した えいぎょうした eigyō shita
Conjunctive 営業して えいぎょうして eigyō shite
Hypothetical conditional 営業すれば えいぎょうすれば eigyō sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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