How to say "market" in Japanese
Choosing the right word
- 市いちnounA physical market or fair — the place or event where goods are actually bought and sold. Use it for shopping at a local market or for a traditional fair, not for the stock market.
- 市場しじょうnounCovers the market in the economic sense — the stock market, the domestic market, market growth or competition. It can also mean a marketplace, a concrete venue for trade.
- nounThe loanword; it largely overlaps with 市場 and is a natural choice in business and marketing contexts — entering a new market, gauging market reaction, and the like.
- 販路はんろnounA business term for the market as an outlet for selling — the demand or channel available for one's goods or services. It fits talk of finding or expanding markets, not markets as places.
- 売り出すうりだすgodan verb, transitive verbA verb: to put a product on the market, to begin selling it. This is 'market' in the sense of launching goods for sale, not the broader sense of promoting or targeting a product.
Use 市 for a physical market or fair, 市場 or 「マーケット」 for the economic or financial market, 販路 for a seller's outlet for goods, and 「売り出す」 as the verb 'to put on sale'.
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