市場・市庭|いちばichiba[1]atamadaka (head-high)

JLPT N3approx.Common
Which spelling to use
市場市場(いちば) is the most common written form and is written with kanji only; beginners should use it when writing this word.
市庭市庭(いちば) is a rarely used kanji-only variant; you will seldom encounter it, so learners should generally choose 市場(いちば) instead.
Definitions
  1. noun(town) market; (street) market; marketplace
    誰だれかが、例たとえば、羊ひつじとか馬うまを市場いちばに出でているもので等ひとしい価値かちがあると考かんがえるものと交換こうかんすることが出来できたのである。↗
    Somebody could exchange a sheep or a horse, for example, for anything in the marketplace that they considered to be of equal value.
Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym市場しじょうNeutralRead 「しじょう」, this is usually the market in the abstract or economic sense, as in 「株式市場」, but it can also name a physical trading site like 「卸売市場」.
  • SynonymマーケットNeutralLoanword for a market, also used for a supermarket as in 「スーパーマーケット」; 「市場」 read 「いちば」 leans more toward a concrete food market.
  • Synonym市いちNeutralA fair or market where goods are bought and sold, as in 「朝市」 or 「日曜市」; it can also mean a special sale event at a shopping street, and carries a traditional flavor.

For a concrete market or food market, use 「市場」 read 「いちば」. For the market in an economic sense, as in 「株式市場」, use 「しじょう」. 「マーケット」 is the loanword, also for supermarkets, and 「市」 is a periodic fair like 「朝市」 with a traditional feel.

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Japanese definitions
  1. ある物品ぶっぴんの売買ばいばいのために、売り手うりてと買い手かいての方法ほうほうに対たいして提供ていきょうされる場所ばしょ。
  2. 財貨ざいかやサービスが取引とりひきされることを抽象的ちゅうしょうてきに捉とらえた概念がいねん。
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