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”))