景況|けいきょうkeikyou[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounsituation; business climate; outlook

• Synonym形勢けいせいWrittenWritten register; describes the situation arising from the balance of power between sides, as in 「形勢逆転」 — not a term for the business climate.
• Related情勢じょうせいWrittenWritten register; covers how political and social affairs are shifting and heading, as in 「国際情勢」 — a wider field than 「景況」, which centers on business conditions.
• Related状況じょうきょうNeutralNeutral and the most common everyday choice; points to specific conditions at a given time or place, without the business-climate focus of 「景況」.
• Related事態じたいWrittenWritten register; mostly for unwelcome developments, as in 「緊急事態」. It can describe an economy in trouble, but it is not the word for the business climate as such.
• Related様子ようすNeutralNeutral and very common in speech; stresses visible states and appearances, with a very wide range — far broader than the economic sense of 「景況」.
• Related時局じきょくFormalFormal; refers to the current state of the nation and society, carrying a political coloring absent from 「景況」.
• Related状態じょうたいNeutralNeutral and the most general word; covers how something stands at a given point, even physical states of matter, not specifically economic conditions.

Use 「景況」 for business and industry conditions; it is written-style and often appears in 「景況感」「景況調査」. For political situations pick 「情勢」, for everyday specific circumstances 「状況」; the rest differ in scope and register.

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1. 移り変うつりかわるその場ばの有様ありさま。
2. 景気けいきの状態じょうたい。