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市場
ichiba, shijou
Description
「市場」は、いろいろな物を売ったり買ったりする場所のことです。
"市場" is a place where various things are bought and sold.
「いちば」と読むと、魚や野菜を売る場所を、「しじょう」と読むと、経済の取引の全体を表すことが多いです。
When read as "いちば," it refers to a place selling fish or vegetables; when read as "しじょう," it often means the entire economic market.
Meanings
市場ichiba
marketplace where goods are bought and sold
朝、市場で新しい魚を買いました。
I bought fresh fish at the market this morning.
市場shijou
market in the economic sense
この会社は海外の市場に進出しました。
This company expanded into overseas markets.
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Notes
- Reading
市場 is ichiba for a physical market, shijou for an abstract/economic market.
- Etymology
市 (market) + 場 (place).
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