バブル

ばぶる
noun
bubble; economic bubble
1. bubble (physical)
A sphere of liquid enclosing air or gas.
バブルが弾(はじ)けた。
The bubble burst.
子(こ)どもたちがシャボンのバブルで遊(あそ)んでいる。
The children are playing with soap bubbles.
泡風呂(あわぶろ)のバブルに包(つつ)まれてリラックスした。
I relaxed wrapped in the bubbles of a bubble bath.
2. economic bubble, asset bubble
A period of rapid economic growth driven by inflated asset prices that eventually collapses. In Japan, often refers specifically to the late 1980s bubble economy.
バブルが弾(はじ)けた。
The bubble burst.
バブル時代(じだい)は地価(ちか)が異常(いじょう)に高(たか)かった。
During the bubble era, land prices were abnormally high.
バブル崩壊(ほうかい)で多(おお)くの企業(きぎょう)が倒産(とうさん)した。
Many companies went bankrupt after the bubble burst.
不動産(ふどうさん)バブルがいつ弾(はじ)けるか誰(だれ)にもわからなかった。
Nobody knew when the real estate bubble would burst.

Usage

In Japanese, バブル most often refers to the economic bubble of the late 1980s (バブル景気(けいき), roughly 1986-1991). This era is associated with extravagant spending, skyrocketing real estate prices, and eventual economic collapse.

Common collocations

Etymology

From English "bubble."

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