市 場(いちば)

いちば

noun

market, marketplace

shopping

See also: 市場(しじょう) (economic market)

1. market, marketplace

A place where goods are bought and sold, especially food products.

市場(いちば)で新鮮(しんせん)な野菜(やさい)を買(か)う。

To buy fresh vegetables at the market.

朝(あさ)市場(いちば)は活気(かっき)がある。

The morning market is lively.

魚(さかな)市場(いちば)を見学(けんがく)した。

I visited the fish market.

2. market (economic)

The commercial activity of buying and selling goods.

市場(いちば)に出回(でまわ)る商品(しょうひん)。

Products circulating on the market.

この地域(ちいき)は市場(いちば)として発展(はってん)してきた。

This area has developed as a marketplace.

市場(いちば)での取引(とりひき)は早朝(そうちょう)から始(はじ)まる。

Trading at the market begins early in the morning.

市場(いちば) refers to a physical marketplace where goods are bought and sold, especially fresh food.

Watch out

市場(いちば) is a physical marketplace (shops and stalls you visit); 市場(しじょう), written the same way, is the economic market (stock market, market share, market forces). Learners often mix up the two readings.

Types

魚(さかな)市場(いちば): fish market
青物(あおもの)市場(いちば): vegetable market
朝(あさ)市(いち) / 朝(あさ)市場(いちば): morning market
闇(やみ)市(いち): black market

Common patterns

市場(いちば)で買(か)う: to buy at the market
市場(いちば)に出回(でまわ)る: to appear on the market

Related Words

Related: マーケット (market)

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Added 2026.1.9 21:15 · Revised 2026.10.9 16:19

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