日にっ経けい

noun

Nikkei; Nihon Keizai Shimbun; Japanese business newspaper

Common abbreviation for 日本経済新聞, the Japanese financial and business newspaper. Often translated simply as “the Nikkei.”

• 日にっ経けいでその記き事じを読よんだ。

  I read that article in the Nikkei.

noun

Nikkei index; Nikkei stock average

In market and finance contexts, 日経 can refer to the Nikkei share index, especially the 日経平均株価.

• 日にっ経けいが一いち時じ500円えん以い上じょう下さがった。

  The Nikkei temporarily fell by more than 500 yen.