消費税

Japanese
Kanji in this term
消 費 税
しょう
Grade: 3		 ひ
Grade: 5		 ぜい
Grade: 5
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
消費稅 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 消費(しょうひ) (shōhi, “consumption”) + 税(ぜい) (zei, “tax”).

Pronunciation
    • (Tokyo) しょーひ​ぜー [shòóhíꜜzèè] (Nakadaka – [3])
    • IPA(key): [ɕo̞ːçize̞ː]

    Noun

    消(しょう)費(ひ)税(ぜい) • (shōhizei) 

    1. a tax added to the price when purchasing goods or services.
    2. (economics) consumption tax, a tax levied on consumption of goods and services.
    3. an indirect tax levied on consumption by the Japanese national government. (compare 地方消費税(ちほうしょうひぜい) (chihō shōhizei, “local consumption tax”))
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