しょうひぜい

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of しょうひぜい – see the following entry.

【消費税】 [noun] a tax added to the price when purchasing goods or services. [noun] (economics) consumption tax, a tax levied on consumption of goods and services. [noun] 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”))

(This term, しょうひぜい (shōhizei), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)