市場(しじょう)

市場(しじょう) refers to an economic or financial market — the abstract system of buying and selling, not a physical location.

READING NOTE (IMPORTANT):

The same kanji {市場} has two readings with different meanings:

• 市場(しじょう): economic/financial market (this entry)
• 市場(いちば): physical marketplace, fish market, farmers' market

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

• 株式(かぶしき)市場(しじょう): stock market
• 労働(ろうどう)市場(しじょう): labor market
• 不動産(ふどうさん)市場(しじょう): real estate market
• 市場(しじょう)調査(ちょうさ): market research
• 市場(しじょう)価格(かかく): market price
• 市場(しじょう)規模(きぼ): market size
• 市場(しじょう)に参入(さんにゅう)する: to enter a market

COMMON PATTERNS:

• 市場(しじょう)が拡大(かくだい)する: the market expands
• 市場(しじょう)が縮小(しゅくしょう)する: the market shrinks
• 海外(かいがい)市場(しじょう)に進出(しんしゅつ)する: to expand into overseas markets

REGISTER:
Business and economics term. Very common in news, business writing, and financial contexts.