営

音読おんよみ: エイ

訓読くんよみ: いとなむ

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部首ぶしゅ: ⺍（つかんむり）

Meaning

Operate / Manage / Conduct / Run

  • Basic forms
  • 営む — to run; to conduct; to carry on / base form
  • 営みます — runs; conducts / masu form
  • 営んだ — ran; conducted / ta form
  • 営んで — running; conducting and … / te-form
  • 営まない — does not run / negative
  • 営めば — if (someone) runs / conditional
  • Common uses
  • 会社を営む — to run a company
  • 商売を営む — to run a business
  • 生活を営む — to lead a life
  • More
  • 静かに営まれる — be carried out quietly

営む（いとなむ） is a godan verb ending in む. It is commonly used for **business, activities, or life itself**, often with a formal or written tone.

  • 営業えいぎょう — business operation / sales
  • 経営けいえい — management / administration
  • 営利えいり — for profit
  • 営むいとなむ — to run / to engage in
  • 国営こくえい — state-run
  • 公営こうえい — publicly run

The simplified form 営 comes from 營えい, originally depicting a structured encampment. Its meaning broadened from “encamp / manage” to modern senses like “operate / conduct,” especially for businesses and organized activities.

彼かれは 会社かいしゃを 営いとなんでいます。
He runs a company.

この店みせは 年中無休ねんじゅうむきゅうで 営業えいぎょうしています。
This shop is open all year without holidays.

業
Creates
営業えいぎょう — business operation / sales
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