商
しょう · shou (also spelled sho)
Quotient
- business, merchant, dealer
- second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale)
- Shang dynasty (of China; approx. 1600-1046 BCE), Yin dynasty
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high first, then falls · what is pitch accent?
Example sentences
この商品も安いです。
このしょうひんもやすいです。
This product is also cheap.
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毎日、商品を棚に並べます。
まいにち、しょうひんをたなにならべます。
Every day, I arrange products on the shelves.
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この商品を買います。
このしょうひんをかいます。
I'll buy this product.
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この商品は、レジでお支払いください。
このしょうひんは、れじでおしはらいください。
Please pay for this item at the register.
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What does 商 mean?
Quotient. It can also mean: business, merchant, dealer; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (of China; approx. 1600-1046 BCE), Yin dynasty.
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しょう (shou). Pitch accent: atamadaka — high first, then falls. Press Listen above to hear it.
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