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消費者 (shouhisha) Japanese meaning: consumer | Kotomora

消しょう費ひ者しゃ

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Common word›JLPTN2›

Meanings

1

consumer; customer; end user

Refers to a person or entity that purchases or uses goods and services. Common in business, economics, and everyday contexts.

消しょう費ひ者しゃはより安あん全ぜんな製せい品ひんを求もとめている。

Consumers are demanding safer products.

このアプリは消しょう費ひ者しゃの声こえを集あつめている。

This app collects consumer feedback.

2

consumer (in a food chain)

Ecological term for an organism that eats other organisms. Used in biology and environmental science.

食しょく物もつ連れん鎖さでは、消しょう費ひ者しゃは生せい産さん者しゃを食たべる。
In the food chain, consumers eat producers.

Usage patterns

消しょう費ひ者しゃの権けん利りを守まもるto protect consumer rights
この法ほう律りつは消しょう費ひ者しゃの権けん利りを守まもるために作つくられた。
This law was created to protect consumer rights.
消しょう費ひ者しゃのニーズに応こたえるto meet consumer needs
企き業ぎょうは消しょう費ひ者しゃのニーズに応こたえる新しん商しょう品ひんを開かい発はつしている。
消費者しょうひしゃに人気んきがあるto be popular among consumers
その飲いん料りょうは若わかい消費者しょうひに人気しゃにんきがある。
That beverage is popular among young consumers.
消しょう費ひ者しゃの意い識しきが高たかまるconsumer awareness rises
環かん境きょう問もん題だいに対たいする消しょう費ひ者しゃの意い識しきが高たかまっている。

Kanji

消extinguish, blow out, turn off
費expense, cost, spend
者someone, person

Related words

顧こ客きゃく sense 1
顧客 is a more formal business term for a specific client or customer, while 消費者 refers broadly to anyone who purchases or uses goods in the market.
ユーザー sense 1
ユーザー emphasizes someone who uses a product or service (esp. tech), whereas 消費者 emphasizes the economic act of purchasing/consuming.
客きゃくN4
消費者 is an economic term for a buyer or consumer in general, while 客 is the everyday word for a specific customer in a shop or business.
コンシューマー
消費者 is the native Japanese term for a consumer and is standard in legal, formal, and everyday contexts, while コンシューマー is a loanword favored in business, marketing, and tech contexts.
利り用よう者しゃ
消費者 specifically means an economic consumer who buys and consumes goods, whereas 利用者 can include people who use a service without paying, like library patrons.

Opposites

生せい産さん者しゃ
生産者 (producer) is the direct opposite of 消費者 (consumer) in both economic and ecological contexts.
商しょう人にんN3
商人 is the one who sells goods for profit, while 消費者 is the one who buys and uses them.

Word family· 28

消しょう費ひ者しゃ側がわ
consumer side; consumers' side
一いち次じ消しょう費ひ者しゃ
primary consumer
一いっ般ぱん消しょう費ひ者しゃ
general consumers; ordinary consumers

Built from

消しょう費ひ+者しゃ

Etymology

Compound of 消費 (しょうひ, 'consumption') + 者 (しゃ, 'person'). The word is a straightforward Sino-Japanese formation.

Companies are developing new products to meet consumer needs.

Consumer awareness of environmental issues is rising.

末まっ端たん消しょう費ひ者しゃ

end user; end consumer

消しょう費ひ者しゃ主しゅ権けん

consumer sovereignty

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消しょう費ひ者しゃ主しゅ義ぎ
consumer advocacy; consumer activism · consumer spending; high consumption
消しょう費ひ者しゃ余よ剰じょう
consumer surplus
消しょう費ひ者しゃ価か格かく
consumer price
消しょう費ひ者しゃ保ほ護ご
consumer protection
消しょう費ひ者しゃ信しん用よう
consumer credit

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