Meaning

Primary

To Run A Business

Alternative

To Manage A Business

Word Type

transitive verb, godan verb

Explanation

The kanji means manage, but when you manage something, what are you usually managing? How about a business? So this word means to run a business even though the kanji is manage.

Reading

いとなむ
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

Since this word consists of a kanji with hiragana attached, you can bet that it will use the kun'yomi reading. You didn't learn that reading with this kanji, so here's a mnemonic to help you: You have to run a business. Your business is to make people eat who don't want to eat. "HEY, YOU EAT NOW!" (いとな).

Context

Context Sentences

私のおじは、岡山県でイタリアン・レストランを営んでいます。

My uncle runs an Italian restaurant in Okayama prefecture.

コウイチは、事業を営む天才だ。

Koichi is a genius at managing a business.

私の両親はマッサージ業を営んでいるので、私はそこで「マッサージ受け放題」なんです。

My parents run a massage therapy business, so I can get 'all-you-can-take-massages' there.

Kanji Composition