祖そ業ぎょう

noun

ancestral business; inherited family business

Refers to a business or trade passed down through generations within a family. Often used in contexts of succession, legacy, or traditional family enterprises.

• 彼かれは祖そ業ぎょうを継ついで、老舗しにせの和わ菓が子し屋やを守まもっている。

  He took over the ancestral business and is keeping the long-established Japanese confectionery shop going.

• 祖そ業ぎょうを守まもりながら、新あたらしい事じ業ぎょうにも挑ちょう戦せんしている。

  While preserving the inherited family business, they are also venturing into new enterprises.