消費税

Japanese

Kanji in this term
消	費	税
しょう Grade: 3	ひ Grade: 4	ぜい Grade: 5
on’yomi

Etymology

From 消 (しょう)費 (ひ) (shōhi, “consumption”) + 税 (ぜい) (zei, “tax”)

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) しょーひぜー [shòóhíꜜzèè] (Nakadaka – [3])
- IPA^(key): [ɕo̞ːçize̞ː]

Noun

消費税 (hiragana しょうひぜい, rōmaji shōhizei)

a tax added to the price when purchasing goods or services.
(economics) consumption tax, a tax levied on consumption of goods and services.
(law) an indirect tax levied on consumption by the Japanese national government. (compare 地 (ち)方 (ほう)消 (しょう)費 (ひ)税 (ぜい) (chihō shōhizei, “local consumption tax”))

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