過当競争

• 読み: かとうきょうそう
• ローマ字: katou kyoso
• 漢字の分解: 過 (ka) — excess, surpass; 当 (to) — appropriate, due; 競 (kyo) — compete; 争 (so) — contend, struggle
• 発音: /ka.toː.kʲoː.soː/

意味

Excessive competition; cut-throat competition; a market condition in which too many players compete aggressively, often driving prices below sustainable levels.

Used to describe industries where oversupply of competitors leads to destructive price wars, margin erosion, and business failures. The term carries a negative connotation, implying that competition has gone beyond healthy rivalry into a harmful state. Common in economic journalism, policy discussions, and industry analyses.

例文

1. 格安航空会社の相次ぐ参入で、国内航空市場では過当競争が激化している。
2. 過当競争による値崩れが続き、中小企業の経営を直撃した。
3. 業界全体が過当競争に陥れば、品質の低下は避けられないという専門家の警告が出ている。

使い方ガイド

場面: economics, industry analysis, business journalism, policy

トーン: critical

起源と歴史

Compound of 過当 (excessive, undue) + 競争 (competition). 過当 itself combines 過 (excess) and 当 (appropriate), meaning 'beyond what is appropriate'. Emerged as a modern economic term in post-war Japan.

文化的背景

時代: Post-war–Modern

世代: Adults

社会的背景: Business/Academic