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水産業 (すいさんぎょう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Meanings 1
noun
fisheries industry ; seafood industry
Refers to the industry involved in catching, farming, processing, and distributing marine or aquatic products. Often used in economic, regional, and policy contexts.
産さん
業ぎょう
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大おお
きな
影えい
響きょう
を
与あた
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いる
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Rising fuel costs are having a major impact on the fisheries industry.
Kanji 産 products, bear, give birth 業 business, vocation, arts Similar words 漁ぎょ 業ぎょう 漁業 focuses more narrowly on the activity or business of fishing and harvesting aquatic resources, while 水産業 can include the broader industry around aquatic products.
水すい 産さん 水産 means aquatic or marine products and is often used attributively in compounds such as 水産物; 水産業 specifically means the industry.
Etymology A Sino-Japanese compound: 水産 refers to aquatic or marine production/products, and 業 means an industry or business. This is a component explanation of the modern spelling, not a claim about a special historical derivation.
