Illustration: At a busy coastal landing beside a Japanese merchant warehouse, two merchants supervise an exchange between arriving and departing cargo. One worker passes a bundled roll of cotton cloth toward the boat while another receives a basket of dried fish from it.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

交こう易えき

koueki

trade, commerce

Example sentences

  1. 戦争中米国せんそうちゅうべいこくは英国えいこくとの交易こうえきを中断ちゅうだんしようとした。

    During the war, America tried to stop trading with England.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. この交易こうえきは途中中断とちゅうちゅうだんしながら1638年ねんまで続つづけられた。

    Although interrupted in the middle, this trade lasted until 1638.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 一方いっぽう、日本にっぽんの商人しょうにんはポルトガル商船しょうせんとの交易こうえきを歓迎かんげいした。

    However, merchants in Japan welcomed trade with Portuguese coming aboard their merchant ships.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 交易

  • 交mingle; mixingOnコウKunまじわる・まじえる・まじる
  • 易easy; ready toOnエキ・イKunやさしい・やすい

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