市場 (しじょう) Japanese meaning

市場 (しじょう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

Kanji

市market, city, town
場location, place

Related words

マーケットN3
市場 is the standard word for a market in formal business, finance, and news writing, while マーケット is a loanword often used more casually or for consumer-facing market segments.
取とり引ひき所じょ sense 1
市場 refers to the broader economic market or trading activity itself, while 取引所 is the specific institution or physical place, such as a stock exchange, where that trading happens.
市いちN3sense 2
市場 is the everyday word for a marketplace where goods are sold, while 市 is an older or event-like term for a market or fair, usually seen in compounds and place names.
販はん路ろ
市場 is the general term for a market, while 販路 specifically means the sales route or outlet through which a particular product reaches customers.
市し中ちゅう
市場 specifically means 'the market' as an economic system, while 市中 more loosely means 'in the general public/market' as a location or sphere.

Don't confuse with

市いち場ばN3
市場 written いちば means a physical marketplace where people buy and sell goods, while the same kanji read しじょう refers to an abstract or financial market like the stock market.
至し上じょう
市場 (market) shares the same pronunciation しじょう with 至上 (supreme) but is a completely unrelated economic term.

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Written forms

市場
- しじょう
  High-priority form and reading. Used especially for economic, commercial, financial, stock-market, and exchange-related meanings.
- いちば
  Same kanji with the reading いちば is used for a physical market or street market; the sense notes that this meaning is usually read いちば.

Etymology

A kanji compound of 市, associated with markets or cities, and 場, meaning place. The reading しじょう is the Sino-Japanese reading used for abstract or economic markets, while いちば is the common reading for a physical market.

市し場じょう

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