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How to say 'Market' in Japanese | 市場

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The Japanese word for Market is 'Shijou', written as 市場 in Japanese.'Market' in hiragana is しじょう.

    word

    市場

    Meaning

    Market

    Reading

    しじょう

    shijou

    Kanji

    市City, Market 場Place

    Explanation

    The Japanese noun '市場 (しじょう)' primarily means 'market'. This word refers to a physical place where goods are bought and sold, such as a farmer's market or a fish market. It can also refer to an economic market, such as the stock market or a specific industry market. For example: I went to the fish market「魚市場に行きました」(さかなしじょうにいきました). The stock market is unstable today「株式市場は今日不安定です」(かぶしきしじょうはきょうふあんていです). The word can also be used metaphorically to describe a competitive environment, such as in 'the job market'.

    Part Of Speech

    noun

    Kanji JLPT

    N3

    Kanji Grade

    2

    Frequency

    617

    Composition

    kanji

    Handwriting

Kanji in the Word 市場

This word contains 2 kanji characters:

  • kanji

    市

    Meaning

    City, Market

  • kanji

    場

    Meaning

    Place

Words Related to 市場 Through the Kanji 市

These 7 Words contain the Kanji 市 as well.

  • word

    市内

    Meaning

    City

  • word

    都市

    Meaning

    City

  • word

    市街

    Meaning

    City

  • word

    市

    Meaning

    City

  • word

    市役所

    Meaning

    City hall

  • word

    市販

    Meaning

    Retail

  • word

    市民

    Meaning

    Citizen

Words Related to 市場 Through the Kanji 場

These 25 Words contain the Kanji 場 as well.

  • word

    戦場

    Meaning

    Battlefield

  • word

    風呂場

    Meaning

    Bathroom

  • word

    牧場

    Meaning

    Pasture, Ranch

  • word

    相場

    Meaning

    Market price

  • word

    道場

    Meaning

    Dojo

  • word

    現場

    Meaning

    Site

  • word

    劇場

    Meaning

    Theater

  • word

    入場

    Meaning

    Entrance

  • word

    飛行場

    Meaning

    Airport

  • word

    場

    Meaning

    Place

  • word

    運動場

    Meaning

    Playground

  • word

    職場

    Meaning

    Workplace

  • word

    工場

    Meaning

    Factory

  • word

    会場

    Meaning

    Venue

  • word

    上場

    Meaning

    Listing

  • word

    場面

    Meaning

    Scene

  • word

    入場券

    Meaning

    Ticket

  • word

    立場

    Meaning

    Position, Standpoint

  • word

    場所

    Meaning

    Place

  • word

    出場

    Meaning

    Appearance, Participation

  • word

    広場

    Meaning

    Plaza

  • word

    場合

    Meaning

    Case

  • word

    駐車場

    Meaning

    Parking lot

  • word

    売り場

    Meaning

    Sales floor

  • word

    登場

    Meaning

    Appearance

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