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市場経済 (shijoukeizai) Japanese meaning: market economy | Kotomora

市し場じょう経けい済ざい

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Meanings

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market economy

An economic system where prices and production are determined by supply and demand rather than central planning.

市し場じょう経けい済ざいでは、価か格かくは需じゅ要ようと供きょう給きゅうによって決きまる

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In a market economy, prices are determined by supply and demand.

Kanji

市market, city, town
場location, place
経sutra, longitude, pass thru
済settle (debt, etc.), relieve (burden), finish

Related words

自じ由ゆう経けい済ざい
市場経済 broadly refers to any economy driven by market forces, while 自由経済 specifically stresses minimal government intervention and laissez-faire principles.

Word family

市し場じょう経けい済ざい化か
marketization; transition to a market economy
自じ由ゆう市し場じょう経けい済ざい
free-market economy

Built from

市し場じょう+経けい済ざい

Etymology

Compound of 市場 (market) and 経済 (economy).