1. Godan verb with 'mu' ending, Transitive verb

   1.

   to run (a business); to operate; to conduct; to practice (law, medicine, etc.)

2. 2.

   to carry out; to perform; to lead (a life)

3. 3.

   to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)

Example sentences

• その島には漁業を営む人たちが住んでいた。

  The island was inhabited by a fishing people.

• この大分類には、金融業又は保険業を営む事業所が分類される。

  Into this broad category fall companies that run money lending and insurance businesses.