市場

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: This entry for 市場 is read いちば and refers to a market or marketplace where people buy and sell goods.
• Basic usage: It describes a concrete place, such as a morning fish market or restaurants within it.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• いちば and しじょう
  • いちば focuses on a physical marketplace. The same spelling read しじょう is often used for a sphere of trade or an economic market; 市場価格 is read しじょうかかく.