ご商売は何ですか。

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商売 です

English Translation

What line of work are you in?

Furigana

商売(しょうばい)(なに)ですか。

Romanji

Go shōbai wa nani desu ka.

Words

()
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
商売 (しょうばい)
trade; business; commerce; transaction; occupation
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
(なに、なん)
what; how many; you-know-what; that; whatsit; what's the expression; what do you call them; what?; hey!
です (です)
be; is
()
indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

Kanji

Readings: ショウ、 あきな.う
Meanings: make a deal, selling, dealing in, merchant
Readings: バイ、 う.る、 う.れる
Meaning: sell
Readings: カ、 なに、 なん、 なに-、 なん-
Meaning: what