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market

市場　—　Phenomena

The place where sellers and buyers meet and prices are made.

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⚠ The Japanese word for market, 市場, is also read as 'shijō'. When referring to a physical marketplace, it is read 'ichiba'; when referring to the entire mechanism by which prices are determined, it is read 'shijō'.