Speculator - Sobashi

Japanese: 相場師 - そうばし

〘 noun 〙 A person who makes a living by predicting fluctuations in the prices of securities and commodities traded on the stock exchange, and by making profits from the difference between the buying and selling prices, or the buying and selling prices. Speculator. [Collected Words (around 1797)] ※Essays and Records of the World (1816) vol. 5 "Then, in the matter of the Beimo-niwa, the first place in Japan is Dojima, Osaka. There is a powerful group of people there who call themselves speculators."

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Japanese:

〘名〙取引所で取引される有価証券、商品の相場の変動を予期し、その買い値と売り値、また、売り値と買い値の価格差によって生ずる差金の利益の取得を業とする人。投機師。〔俚言集覧（1797頃）〕※随筆・世事見聞録（1816）五「扨、米相庭の事、大坂堂島なる所を日本第一の根元とす。同所に相場師と唱へる強勢なるもの有て」

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