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    2. Kanji Vocab
    3. 営む

    営む

    営いとなむ​

    to run (a business)

    N1KMT7News #20+1CoreVerb, TransitiveBusiness & FinanceWork & CareerAmbiguous glossKanji Vocab15 strokes

    いとなむ

    Verb, Transitive

    1.
    to run (a business), to operate, to conduct, to practice (law, medicine, etc.)
    2.
    to carry out, to perform, to lead (a life)
    3.
    to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)

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    彼かれは小ちいさな店みせを営いとなんでいる。

    He runs a small shop.

    KMT6Business & FinanceDaily Life
    彼かの女じょは弁べん護ご士しとして忙いそがしい日ひ々びを営いとなんでいる。

    She leads busy days as a lawyer.

    KMT7Work & CareerDaily Life
    会かい社しゃを営いとなむには、多おおくの責せき任にんが伴ともなう。

    Running a company comes with many responsibilities.

    KMT7Business & FinanceWork & Career
    彼かれらは静しずかに、慎つつましい生せい活かつを営いとなんでいる。

    They lead a quiet, modest life.

    KMT7Daily LifeCulture & Traditions
    その家か族ぞくは、代だい々だいこの地ちで農のう業ぎょうを営いとなんできた。

    That family has been farming in this land for generations.

    KMT8Work & CareerFamily & RelationshipsHistory

    Characters that make up this word

    営
    いとな.む・いとな.み…(1)
    camp・perform・build・conduct (business)
    Kanji
    む
    mu
    Kana
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