経済|けいざいkeizai[1]atamadaka (head-high)

JLPT N4approx.Common
Definitions
  1. nouneconomy; economics
    アメリカはサービス経済けいざいの国くにだ。↗
    The U.S. is a service economy.
  2. nounfinance; (one's) finances; financial circumstances
  3. nounbeing economical; economy; thrift
Synonyms & antonyms
  • SynonymエコノミーNeutralLoanword meaning economy or thrift; mostly appears in compounds such as 「エコノミークラス」 rather than standing alone.
  • Antonym不経済ふけいざいWrittenA written, formal word for the opposite of the thrift sense of 「経済」: being uneconomical, wasting time and money.
  • Antonym浪費ろうひNeutralStandard word for the opposite of the thrift sense of 「経済」: wasteful, extravagant use of money or time, as in 「時間の浪費」.

For economic activity, 「経済」 is the default; it also covers thrift and value for money, as in 「経済的」. General saving is 「節約」. 「エコノミー」 is a loanword seen mostly in compounds, and waste is 「浪費」 or 「不経済」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. (経世けいせい済民さいみんの略りゃく 古用ふるもち)世間せけんを治おさめ、民みんを救済きゅうさいする行為こうい、政治せいじ。
  2. 物もの又またはサービスに付帯ふたいする価値かちの発生はっせい・帰属きぞく・移動いどう・消滅しょうめつに関かんする諸しょ活動かつどうの総体そうたい。
  3. 語義ごぎ2の活動かつどうを貨幣かへい価値かちで表あらわした総計そうけい。しばしば、景気けいきと同義どうぎに用もちいられる。
  4. 語義ごぎ2の活動かつどうが合理性ごうりせいを有ゆうしている状態じょうたい。利得りとくになったり節約せつやくになったりすること。
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