Meaning of 物々交換 in Japanese
Japanese word definition and usage
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物々交換, 物物交換
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Kana Readingぶつぶつこうかん
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Romajibutsubutsukōkan
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
- Meaning
- bartering
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Example Sentences
物々交換, 物物交換, ぶつぶつこうかん used in context
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The explorer bartered with the natives for food.
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In primitive societies barter was used.
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The colonists bartered with the natives for fur.
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しかし物々交換制は、人々の要求が一致することは希であったので、非常に不満足な制度だった。
Barter, however, was a very unsatisfactory system because people's needs seldom matched exactly.
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さらにその他には、常に物々交換で生きていてその伝統的な方法に従事し続けている商人たちもいる。
Still others are traders who have always lived by trading and continue to follow their traditional ways.
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interchange, period, change, convert, replace, renew
On: カン
Kun: か.える, -か.える, か.わる
12 strokes
mingle, mixing, association, coming & going
On: コウ
Kun: まじ.わる, まじ.える, ま.じる, まじ.る, ま.ざる, ま.ぜる, -か.う, か.わす, かわ.す, こもごも
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