business

商取引、商売

お金を稼ぐために商品やサービスを売買すること。

やさしい英語で： The activity of buying and selling goods or services to earn money.

• Business is slow today.
• They do business with companies abroad.
• Online business has grown quickly.

使い方： do business with someone (We do business with several local farmers.)

類義語： trade, commerce

よく使う表現： do business, international business, business with someone, in business

会社、事業体

商品やサービスを売る会社や店。

やさしい英語で： A company or shop that sells goods or services.

• She owns a small business.
• Several businesses closed last year.
• Would you like to run your own business?

類義語： company, firm, enterprise

よく使う表現： small business, run a business, family business

用事、私事

自分がする必要のある用事や、自分に関係する事柄。

やさしい英語で： Things you need to do or matters that concern you personally.

• I have some business to finish.
• Please keep out of my business.
• We returned to business as usual.

使い方： be someone’s business (How I spend my money is my business.)

類義語： affairs, matters

よく使う表現： personal business, unfinished business, mind your business

職業、業界

生活のために行う仕事の種類や、その分野。

やさしい英語で： The kind of work someone does to earn money.

• He is in the music business.
• She learned the restaurant business from her father.
• How long have you been in this business?

使い方： be in the … business (Her family is in the hotel business.)

類義語： trade, occupation, profession

よく使う表現： insurance business, hotel business, in the business

業務用の、仕事の

仕事や商売に関係する。

やさしい英語で： Related to work or professional activities.

• Dad is on a business trip.
• Please use your business email address.
• We discussed it over a business lunch.

類義語： professional, commercial

反対語： personal

よく使う表現： business trip, business meeting, business phone, business expenses