市し場じょう

also: いちば

し

じょ

う

Common wordJLPTN2Freq.FrequencyTop 2,000

Meanings

1

noun

market; financial or commercial market; exchange

Only with reading しじょう

Read しじょう. Refers to a market as an economic sphere, industry, demand area, stock market, or organized exchange, rather than simply a row of stalls.

日本にほんの自じ動どう車しゃ市し場じょうは大おおきい。
Japan's automobile market is large.
株かぶ式しき

市し

場じょう

は

朝あさ

九く

時じ

に

開ひら

く

。

The stock market opens at nine in the morning.

2

noun

street market; marketplace

Only with reading いちば

Usually read いちば. Refers to a concrete place where food, goods, or stalls are gathered, such as a local market or street market.

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.

Kanji

市market, city, town
場location, place

Similar words

マーケット
A loanword often used for both commercial markets and consumer segments; 市場 is more standard in formal business, economics, and news writing.
取とり引ひき所じょ
Means an exchange as an institution or place where trading is conducted, such as a stock exchange; 市場 can mean the broader market itself.
市いち
An older or event-like word for a market or fair, often seen in compounds and names; 市場 is the normal word for a marketplace or economic market.

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.