営む【いとなむ】
Frequency rank: 11,938. – 11,966.
- to run (a business); to operate; to conduct; to practice (law, medicine, etc.)
- to carry out; to perform; to lead (a life)
- to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)
Godan verb with 'mu' ending; transitive verb
Forms
- 営む【いとなむ】Frequency rank: 11,938. – 11,966.
- いとなむ
Generated definitions (experimental)
- to run (a business); to operate; to conduct; to practice (law, medicine, etc.)
- to carry out; to perform; to lead (a life)
- to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)
This meaning refers to managing or operating a business or practice, indicating the action of overseeing or engaging in a professional activity.
I run my own company.
He operates a hospital.
This meaning relates to carrying out actions or leading a way of life, emphasizing the idea of actively pursuing a particular lifestyle or undertaking specific tasks.
This meaning pertains to conducting religious or spiritual ceremonies, particularly in the context of traditional Japanese practices, signifying the organization and execution of such events.
Generated collocations (experimental)
いとなむ営むをするto run (a business)じぎょう事業をいとなむ営むto run a businessせいかつ生活をいとなむ営むto lead a lifeがっこう学校をいとなむ営むto run a schoolいんしょくてん飲食店をいとなむ営むto operate a restaurantいとなみ営みをおこなう行うto carry out (activities)ちいき地域かつどう活動をいとなむ営むto conduct community activitiesじいん寺院をいとなむ営むto maintain a templeしょうばい商売をいとなむ営むto do businessいりょう医療をいとなむ営むto practice medicine
Wiktionary definitions (experimental)
Example sentences
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Into this broad category fall companies that run money lending and insurance businesses.
He has carried on his business as a builder for many years.
He decided to stay and carry on his father's business.
7. しゅうだんせいかつ集団生活をいとなむ営むどうぶつ動物はすべて全て、じょうほう情報をこうかん交換したりちつじょ秩序あるしゅうだん集団をいじ維持するためなん何らかのでんたつ伝達ほうほう方法をもっている持っている。
All social animals use some methods of communication to exchange information and to maintain an orderly community.
All people shall have the right to maintain the minimum standards of wholesome and cultured living.