What is the meaning of 株(Kabu) in Japanese? EXAMPLE SENTENCES

・株、かぶ、Kabu

・Meaning :

1, Stock, Share

2,  (One’s) value, Evaluation

3, Variant

When you watch TV news at the end of a day, you would hear a news reporter say, “今日きょうの株価かぶかは〜”、and “デルタ株かぶの感染かんせんが広ひろがっています”. 

株 has several meanings, so people need to guess the meaning from a context.

1, Stock, Share

The most popular meaning of 株 is stock and share. This word is frequently used in business scenes.

EXAMPLE SENTENCES

・ホンダの株かぶを買かう　

To buy Honda’s stock.

・彼はテスラの株かぶを買かうつもりだ

He will buy Teslas’s stock.

Often people put 価か to 株かぶ, becoming 株価かぶか

価か means price, so 株価（かぶか）means stock price.

EXAMPLE SENTENCES

・テスラの株価かぶかが上あがる

Tesla’s stock price goes up.

2, (One’s) value, evaluation

Like some companies’ stock value goes up, Japanese people use the word stock as someone’s value and evaluation.

彼かれの活躍かつやくで彼かれの株かぶが上あがった。

Because of his good performance, his evaluation went up.

社長しゃちょうに君きみの活躍かつやくを報告ほうこくして君きみの株かぶを上あげておいたよ。

I raised your evaluation by reporting your excellent performance to the president.

3, Variant

After COVID appears, 変異株へんいかぶ is often heard in TV news and articles. 変異株へんいかぶ means variant, and it’s shortened 株かぶ.

・デルタ株かぶは感染力かんせんりょくが強つよい

The delta variant is highly infectious.

・オミクロン株かぶが世界中せかいじゅうに広ひろがっている。

Omicron variant is spreading across the world.