市場(いちば)

いちば
noun
market, marketplace
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.

CRITICAL READING DISTINCTION:

  • 市場(いちば): physical marketplace (shops, stalls, markets you visit)
  • 市場(しじょう): economic market (stock market, market forces, market share)

This is a common reading question for learners. The physical place uses いちば; the abstract economic concept uses しじょう.

COMMON 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
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Added 2026.1.9 21:15 · Revised 2026.4.5 16:10
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