営業 used in a conversation about love


Background situation: In a drama I'm watching, the main character is a women
who wants to marry, quit her job and become a housewife. The guy she's
interested in doesn't want to get married. Another guy WANTS his wife to be a
housewife and asks her to marry him - although they haven't even dated. Main
girl is at a bar telling her friends about guy #2's proposal.

Her friends point out that guy #2 meets all her criteria, including the "high
bar" of being okay with her housewife dreams. She's hesitating because she
doesn't love guy #2. One friend says that "仕事早いくせに そういうとこ全然 はっきりしないよね," and
comments that main girl is only hesitating because of guy #1. Her other friend
says to her "営業しなさい｡ 営業｡"

Obviously, 営業 usually means sales or management, but in this case (even though
her working ability was just mentioned) it seems to be referencing more to her
love life. Is her friend telling her to "manage" her love life? If so, is more
of a "be practical/ business-like in your love life" or a "manage the men in
your love life" kind of statement?




I can't specify in which meaning the friend is referring from the dialogue.
However, not specifically in this context, by 営業 usually can mean 'sales
promotion/promoters', so I guess she means like 'advertise yourself as a
woman' by 営業 there.

In more slangish context, especially 営業 referring ones love life can remind
one of 枕営業 (literally translation: pillow sales) this means to get laid/ sleep
around for buisiness. Sorry my Chinese.

