経済

けいざい · keizai · JLPT N4 · noun

economics

💴📈 経済 = govern (経) + relieve (済): short for govern the world, relieve the people

Clipped from the classical phrase 経世済民 (keisei saimin): govern the world and relieve the people. 経 also means manage or pass through, as in 経験 (experience); 済 means settle or finish, as in 済む. Sound hook: kei-zai, the K's eye is on the money.

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