相場|そうばsouba[0]heiban (flat)

JLPT N1approx.Common
Definitions
  1. nounmarket price
    そこ知しらずの相場そうばだ。↗
    The bottom has fallen out of the market.
  2. nounspeculation (e.g. on stocks)
  3. nounreputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation; esteem
Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym時価じかWrittenWritten/formal prose. The market price at a given point in time, as in 「時価総額」; 「相場」 stresses market conditions and the going rate.
  • Synonym市価しかWrittenWritten/formal prose. The price on the market; 「相場」 also means the going rate in general and accepted practice.
  • SynonymマーケットプライスNeutralLoanword for the market price, on the technical side; in everyday speech 「相場」 is the normal choice.
  • Synonym市場価格しじょうかかくWrittenWritten/formal prose. The price formed by the market — an economics term; 「相場」 also refers to socially accepted standards.
  • Related思惑おもわくNeutralExpectations or what someone is counting on, and by extension speculative trading; 「相場」 is the market price itself.
  • Related価格かかくNeutralThe price of goods or services, leaning formal; 「相場」 stresses market conditions and the going rate.
  • Related値段ねだんNeutralThe price of an item — the most colloquial of these words; 「相場」 focuses on market conditions.
  • Related投機とうきNeutralRefers to speculative trading; 「相場」 also means market conditions.
  • Related定価ていかNeutralA price fixed in advance, the list price; 「相場」 is a price that moves with the market.
  • Related値打ちねうちNeutralValue or worth, as in 「値打ちがある」; 「相場」 is the market price.
  • Related価額かがくWrittenWritten/formal prose. A valuation or monetary amount, often in legal use; 「相場」 is the market price.
  • RelatedプライスNeutralLoanword for price, seen in 「オープンプライス」 and 「プライスダウン」; 「相場」 is the market price.
  • RelatedスペキュレーションNeutralLoanword for speculation, rarely used; in everyday speech say 「投機」.

Use 「相場」 for market conditions or the going rate, including accepted general levels, as in 「〜と相場が決まっている」. For the price at a given moment choose 「時価」, for the price of an item 「値段」, for a preset list price 「定価」, and for speculation 「投機」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 市場しじょうで取引とりひきされる商品しょうひんの値段ねだん。
  2. 現物げんぶつの取引とりひきをせず市場価格しじょうかかくの変動へんどうによる差額さがくで利益りえきを得えようとする投機的とうきてき取引とりひき。またそのような取引とりひきを行おこなう市場しじょう。
  3. (比喩的ひゆてき)通例つうれい。世間せけん一般いっぱんの評価ひょうか。
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