しょうにん
Meanings
Noun
1. merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
Pitch accent
しょ
うにん
Composed of
quotient; dealing; dealer; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (China, approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
counter for people
Used in vocabulary (17 in total)
peddler; pedlar; hawker
slaver; slave trader
Examples (12 in total)
She married a rich merchant.
A merchant is a person who buys and sells goods.
George set up as a merchant.
The merchant bribed the politician.
He believed the merchant entirely.
The merchant sent the politician a bribe.
Mr. Brown is a wool merchant.
The industrious merchant worships his ancestors.
As a result, he became a great merchant.
One night a merchant was walking up the slope on his way home.
The rich merchant adopted the boy and made him his heir.
They are not merchants, but farmers.