実じつ業ぎょう

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つ

ぎょ

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

1

noun

industry; business

Refers to practical commercial or industrial activity, as opposed to speculative or non-productive enterprises. Often used in compounds like 実業家 (businessperson/industrialist).

彼かれは実じつ業ぎょうの世せ界かいで

成せい

功こう

し

た

。

He succeeded in the world of business.

実じつ業ぎょう家かとして名なを残のこした。

He made a name for himself as an industrialist.

Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉が実じつ業ぎょうに従じゅう事じするfor someone to be engaged in business/industry
彼かれは長なが年ねん、実じつ業ぎょうに従じゅう事じしてきた。
He has been engaged in business for many years.
実じつ業ぎょうを営いとなむto run a business/industrial enterprise
祖そ父ふは若わかい頃ころから実じつ業ぎょうを営いとなんでいた。
My grandfather had been running a business since he was young.

Kanji

実reality, truth, seed
業business, vocation, arts

Related words

産さん業ぎょうN4
産業 is the broad economic term for 'industry' (manufacturing, services, etc.), while 実業 stresses concrete, profit-making business activity as opposed to speculation.
商しょう業ぎょうN3
商業 refers specifically to commerce and trade (buying and selling), whereas 実業 covers a wider range of productive business, including manufacturing.

Don't confuse with

事じ業ぎょうN1
事業 (an enterprise or undertaking, which can be non-profit or public) sounds similar to 実業 but is broader and less tied to commercial profit-making.

Word family

実じつ業ぎょう家かN1
businessperson; entrepreneur; industrialist
実じつ業ぎょう団だん
corporate (sports team) · business organization; business corporation
実じつ業ぎょう界かい
business world; business circles

Etymology

Compound of 実 (じつ, 'real, actual') and 業 (ぎょう, 'work, business'). The term has been used since the Meiji era to denote practical, productive economic activities.

実じつ業ぎょう団だん体たい

business organization; business corporation; businessmen's body

実じつ業ぎょう学がっ校こう

vocational school; technical school