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いち

market, fair

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Examples

  1. 駅前で古本のいちが開かれました。

    えきまえでふるほんのいちがひらかれました。

    A secondhand book market was held in front of the station.

  2. 日曜日の朝には、ここにいちが立ちます。

    にちようびのあさには、ここにいちがたちます。

    On Sunday mornings a market is held here.

  3. いちで新しい野菜を安く買いました。

    いちであたらしいやさいをやすくかいました。

    I bought fresh vegetables cheaply at the market.

Common patterns

市が立つ
a market is held
朝市
morning market
市で買う
to buy at the market

Memory tip

This is 市, a market that is set up on certain days — which is why the verb is 立つ, as in 市が立つ. The same kanji read し means a city (京都市), and 市場 is いちば for a marketplace but しじょう for a market in the economic sense.

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