活かっ況きょう

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

noun, na-adjective, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

Primarily used for markets, business, or economic conditions to describe a state of active trading, high demand, or general liveliness. Often appears in news and financial reports.

株かぶ式しき市し場じょうは活かっ況きょうを呈ていしている。
The stock market is showing brisk activity.
年ねん末まつ商しょう戦せんで商しょう店てん街がいは活かっ況きょうだ。
The shopping district is bustling with the year-end sales.

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Usage patterns

〈場ば所しょ〉が活かっ況きょうを呈ていするfor a market/place to show brisk activity
株かぶ式しき市し場じょうは久ひさしぶりに活かっ況きょうを呈ていした。
The stock market showed brisk activity for the first time in a while.
〈場ば所しょ〉は活かっ況きょうだa place/market is booming
年ねん末まつの商しょう店てん街がいは活かっ況きょうだ。
The shopping street is bustling at year's end.
活かっ況きょうを見みせるto show signs of brisk business or activity
輸ゆ出しゅつ産さん業ぎょうが活かっ況きょうを見みせている。
The export industry is showing brisk activity.
活かっ況きょうが続つづくfor brisk activity/business to continue
不ふ動どう産さん市し場じょうの活かっ況きょうが続つづいている。
The real estate market's brisk activity is continuing.

Kanji

活lively, resuscitation, being helped
況condition, situation

Related words

好こう況きょうN1
好況 describes generally favorable economic conditions or a boom, while 活況 focuses on the lively, active state of trading or business itself.
繁はん盛じょうN1
繁盛 is typically used for an individual shop or business thriving with customers, whereas 活況 is broader and often describes whole markets or industries.
賑にぎわい
賑わい is a general word for a lively, bustling atmosphere (e.g. a festival or street), while 活況 is more specifically used for brisk economic or market activity.
大おお商あきない
活況 describes a generally brisk or booming market condition, whereas 大商い specifically points to a high volume of transactions in a given session.

Opposites

不ふ況きょうN1
不況 means economic recession or slump, the direct opposite of the brisk, active conditions described by 活況.

Etymology

Compound of 活 (active, lively) and 況 (condition, situation). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the combination naturally conveys 'active condition'.