市況

• 読み: しきょう
• ローマ字: shikyo
• 漢字の分解: 市 (shi) — market, city; 況 (kyō) — condition, situation, state of affairs
• 発音: /ɕi.kʲoː/

意味

Market conditions; the state of a market at a given time, including price trends and supply-demand dynamics.

A formal noun used in financial and business reporting to describe the overall state of a specific market at a point in time. Commonly appears as 株式市況 (stock market conditions), 商品市況 (commodity market conditions), and 不動産市況 (property market conditions). 市況レポート is a market conditions report. The term captures both price levels and the mood or prevailing trend of the market.

例文

1. 世界的なインフレを背景に、資源の市況が大幅に上昇している。
2. 市況の悪化を受け、同社は新規投資を当面見合わせることにした。
3. アナリストは現在の市況をバブル期に近いと警戒している。

使い方ガイド

場面: financial markets, commodity trading, economic reporting, real estate

トーン: analytical

起源と歴史

Compound of 市 (shi, market) and 況 (kyō, condition/situation/circumstance). The character 況 specifically denotes a state or circumstance, making 市況 a precise term for the condition of a market at a given moment.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: Business professionals

社会的背景: Finance/Business