Illustration: At a Japanese household-goods shop, a customer buying a kettle places coins onto the checkout tray. Beside the kettle, the customer-facing register displays a picture of that same kettle with a large group of coin symbols, plus a smaller separate group beside a civic-building pictogram.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

消しょう費ひ税ぜい

shouhizei

consumption tax

Example sentences

  1. 消費税しょうひぜいは含ふくまれていません。

    Sales tax isn’t included.

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  2. 値段ねだんには消費税しょうひぜいを含ふくみます。

    The price includes the consumption tax.

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  3. 政府せいふは近々ちかぢか、消費税しょうひぜいを引ひき上あげるつもりなのかしら。

    Will the government raise the consumption tax soon?

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Kanji in 消費税

  • 消extinguish; turn offOnショウKunきえる・けす
  • 費expense; costOnヒKunついやす・ついえる
  • 税tax; dutyOnゼイ

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