商う

Japanese

Kanji in this term
あきな
Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Etymology

From (あき) (aki, autumn) + なう (-nau, verb-forming suffix[1][2]), because trade was done in the autumn after the harvest.[3][4]

Pronunciation

Verb

(あきな) • (akinau) あきなふ (akinafu)?transitive godan (stem (あきな) (akinai), past (あきな)った (akinatta))

  1. to deal in; to buy and sell; to trade
    (しな)(もの)(あきな)
    shinamono o akinau
    to trade in goods
    • 977–999, 宇津保物語:
      その物を貯へて市し商はばこそ賢からめ
      Having saved up these things, if you trade them in the city, you would be wise.

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References

  1. Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  2. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. https://gogen-yurai.jp/akinai/
  4. “Archived copy”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), 2023 May 18 (last accessed), archived from the original on 18 May 2023
  5. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  6. 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
  7. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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