営業

えいぎょう · eigyou · JLPT N3 · noun

business

🏪💼 営業 = run/operate (営) + work/trade (業): running a trade

営 is the 'run, manage' kanji you also see in 経営 (management), and 業 means work or industry, as in 産業. Shop doors often say 営業中, which means open for business. 営業 is also the sales department of a company.

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