Translation guide
A large-scale, ambitious, or important undertaking. In Japanese, this concept is expressed through various nouns and set phrases, often with a nuance of grandeur, historical significance, or personal ambition.
Referring to a large, challenging, or visionary project, often in business, exploration, or personal goals.
The most direct equivalent, meaning a large-scale enterprise or project. Commonly used in business and public works contexts.
This dam construction is a great national enterprise.
A common, slightly more casual term for a big project, often used in corporate or technical settings.
He was put in charge of the company's great enterprise.
Emphasizes the grandeur and scale of the enterprise. Often used for visionary or epic undertakings.
Space exploration is a great enterprise of humankind.
Refers to a great achievement or feat, often after completion. More about the result than the ongoing project.
Climbing Everest is one of his great enterprises.
Describing a grand endeavor with historical significance, like building empires, exploring new worlds, or major cultural shifts.
Literally 'great expedition', used for large-scale exploratory or military campaigns.
Columbus's great enterprise led to the discovery of the New World.
A literary term for a great work or achievement, often with a sense of historical importance or moral weight.
Explicitly marks the enterprise as historically significant.
A deeply personal, often lifelong pursuit or mission that one feels destined to accomplish.
A great enterprise of one's lifetime; a life's work.
This research became his great enterprise in life.
Heaven's command; one's calling or mission in life. Often used in a spiritual or philosophical sense.
Loanword from English, commonly used for one's life's work or main passion project.
The English word 'enterprise' can mean a business company, but in the phrase 'great enterprise', it refers to an undertaking. Do not use 企業 (きぎょう, company) unless you specifically mean a business entity. Use 事業 (じぎょう) or other terms above.
大事業 sounds more formal and grand, suitable for national or historical projects. 大プロジェクト is more modern and corporate, often used for business initiatives or tech projects.
Building the railway across the continent was a great enterprise.
She devoted her life to the great enterprise of education reform.
明治維新は日本の大業であった。
The Meiji Restoration was a great enterprise for Japan.
The construction of the Great Wall was a great historical enterprise.
彼は人々を助けることを天命と感じている。
He feels that helping people is his great enterprise (calling).
Environmental protection is her great enterprise.