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物価 (ぶっか, bukka) Japanese meaning: prices | Kotomora

物ぶっ価か

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Common word›JLPTN4›Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

1

prices; cost of living

Refers to the general level of prices for goods and services in an economy, or the cost of living. Common in economic and everyday contexts.

最さい近きん、物ぶっ価かが上あがっている。

Prices have been rising recently.

この都と市しは物ぶっ価かが高たかい。

The cost of living is high in this city.

Usage patterns

物ぶっ価かが上あがるprices go up
最さい近きん、物ぶっ価かが上あがって生せい活かつが大たい変へんだ。
Prices have gone up recently, making life difficult.
物ぶっ価かが下さがるprices go down
不ふ景けい気きで物ぶっ価かが下さがった。
Prices fell due to the economic downturn.
物ぶっ価かが高たかいprices are high (in a place)
東とう京きょうは物ぶっ価かが高たかい都と市しとして知しられている。
Tokyo is known as a city with a high cost of living.
物ぶっ価かを安あん定ていさせるto stabilize prices
政せい府ふは物ぶっ価かを安あん定ていさせるための政せい策さくを発はっ表ぴょうした。
The government announced a policy to stabilize prices.

Kanji

物thing, object, matter
価value, price

Related words

値ね段だんN4
値段 is the price of one specific item, while 物価 is the overall price level of goods and services across the economy.
相そう場ばN1
相場 refers to the going market rate for a commodity or currency at a given time, whereas 物価 is the broad, economy-wide price level used in cost-of-living discussions.
価か格かくN3
物価 refers to prices in general or the overall cost-of-living level, whereas 価格 refers to the price of one specific item.

Don't confuse with

生せい活かつ費ひN3
生活費 is the money a person actually spends to live (rent, food, etc.), while 物価 is the abstract statistical level of prices that affects how much that living costs.
物ぶっ価か指し数すう
物価 refers to the actual price level of goods and services, while 物価指数 is the statistical index number used to track changes in 物価 over time.

Word family· 16

物ぶっ価か高だか
high prices; inflation; cost-of-living increase
低てい物ぶっ価か
low prices; low cost of living
主しゅ要よう物ぶっ価か
prices of staple commodities
卸おろし売うり物ぶっ

Etymology

Compound of 物 (ぶつ, 'thing, goods') and 価 (か, 'value, price'). The reading ぶっか results from a regular sound change (促音便) where つ + か becomes っか.

価か

wholesale price

物ぶっ価か上じょう昇しょう

price increase; rise in prices

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物ぶっ価か下か降こう
price fall; fall in prices
物ぶっ価か変へん動どう
price fluctuation
物ぶっ価か安あん定てい
price stability; price stabilization
物ぶっ価か指し数すう
price index
物ぶっ価か水すい準じゅん
price level
物ぶっ価か統とう制せい
price control; price regulation

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