ニッチ

na-adjective, noun

niche (market, industry, hobby, etc.)

Commonly used in business and hobby contexts to refer to a specialized segment or area.

• この会かい社しゃはニッチな市し場じょうで成せい功こうした。

  This company succeeded in a niche market.

• 彼かれの趣しゅ味みはとてもニッチで、理り解かい者しゃが少すくない。

  His hobby is very niche, and few people understand it.

noun

niche (architectural recess)

Technical term in architecture for a recess in a wall, often for a statue or ornament.

• 教きょう会かいの壁かべには聖せい人じんの像ぞうを置おくためのニッチがある。

  There is a niche in the church wall for a statue of a saint.

noun

ecological niche

Used in ecology to describe the role and position a species has in its environment.

See also: 生態的地位

• 生せい態たい的てき地ち位い（ニッチ）の重かさなりが競きょう争そうを生うむ。

  Overlap of ecological niches causes competition.