Translation guide
A group, entity, or individual considered as a single unit in economic analysis or activity. This includes households, firms, and other decision-making bodies.
Referring to any unit that makes economic decisions, such as a household, firm, or government.
Standard term for an economic entity or agent. Covers households, firms, and governments.
Households are one of the important economic units.
Direct translation, but less common than 経済主体. Used in some contexts like regional economic units.
This region is regarded as a single economic unit.
Specifically referring to a household or family as a unit of consumption or production.
Refers to the household economy or household as an economic unit. Commonly used in economics and daily life.
Household consumption expenditure increased.
A household as a statistical or residential unit. Often used in surveys and official statistics.
Referring to a company, enterprise, or business entity in economic contexts.
General term for a business enterprise or firm. The most common word for a business as an economic unit.
Small and medium enterprises are important units of the local economy.
A business entity or operating unit. Slightly more formal and used in legal or administrative contexts.
Referring to a single person as an economic agent, such as a consumer or worker.
経済主体 (けいざいしゅたい) is the standard term for 'economic agent' or 'economic entity' in economics. 経済単位 (けいざいたんい) is a more literal translation of 'economic unit' but is less common and may sound translated. Use 経済主体 for most academic or general contexts.
Model the behavior of economic agents.
Directly translating 'economic unit' as 経済単位 may not be natural in many contexts. Consider whether you mean a household (家計), firm (企業), or general agent (経済主体).
This survey covers 10,000 households.
This business entity functions as an independent economic unit.
消費者は市場において重要な経済単位である。
Consumers are important economic units in the market.