Fangfang - Suai

Japanese: 牙儈 - すあい

〘 noun 〙 (etymology and historical kana usage unknown. Often written as "suahi", but there is also a theory that it is "suai") 1 (━suru) To make a profit by acting as an intermediary in buying and selling. Also, that profit or a person who makes a living from it. A talented person. Suwai. *Kana Zoushi, Yu no Soushi (1632), part 2 "A thing that is not common among those who buy and sell, is called suahito" *Ukiyo Zoushi, Shodo Chouji Sekenzaru (1766), part 1 "A person who has been given an excessive amount of land, yet takes the sua of a merchant, is not worthy of the honour of a samurai" 2 (also written as "kibaba" or "onna shojo") An abbreviation of "suai onna (kiba no onna)." ※71st Artisan Poetry Contest (around 1500) 41st "Suai. The clothes of the clouds where the moon is cut are for sale, and the people who call themselves safurafu are also kahame." [Etymology] " Gakai" is a word that appears in Chinese books. The business of intermediating sales and purchases has existed since ancient times, and it is written in the "Imperial Decree of March 22, 2nd year of the Kenryaku era" that it was called " Chubai ." However, it was only in the Muromachi period that the words "suwai" and "suai" were seen.

Ga-kai ...Kwai [Fangfang]

〘Noun〙 ("Kawa" comes from "mutual" meaning mutual trade, and "Ju" comes from "meeting" meaning trade) A Chinese middleman. Saitori (a trader). Suai (a trader). ※Junkyard's Basket (1887-88) by Nishimura Tenshu (1891-1896) "The Qing who came to this area at that time were mostly just the disciples of the fallen disciples, Ju Ju. " (New Book of Tang - Biography of Zhang Youxin )

Suwai [Fangfang]

〘Noun〙 A variation of "Suai (Fang)". ※Daitokuji documents - December 8, 1572 (Genki 3) - Daitokuji and sub-temples gold, silver, rice, and other money ledger "[Silver] 175 monme 3bu exchanged for gold 21 monme 5bu, _sent to Suwaini"

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Japanese:

〘名〙 (語源・歴史的かなづかい未詳。多く「すあひ」とするが、「すあい」とする説もある)① (━する) 売買の仲介をして利をとること。また、その利やそれを業とする人。才取り。すわい。※仮名草子・尤之双紙（1632）下「いつはる物のしなじな〈略〉物うるにすあひといふ物」※浮世草子・諸道聴耳世間猿（1766）一「過分の御知行をいただきながら、商人のすあいをとるとは武士の風上にもおかぬ奴」② (「牙婆」「女商」とも書く) 「すあいおんな（牙儈女）」の略。※七十一番職人歌合（1500頃か）四一番「すあひ。月のきる雲の衣をうり物やさふらふといふ人もかはめや」[語誌]「牙儈(がかい)」は漢籍に見える語。売買仲介の業は古くからあって、「中媒(ちゅうばい)」と称されていたことについては、「建暦二年三月二十二日宣旨」にみえる。しかし、「すわい」「すあい」の語が見られるのは、室町時代になってからである。