Usage patterns 事じ 業ぎょう を 始はじ める to start a business/undertaking
My father started a new business at the age of fifty.
〈 人ひと 〉 が 事じ 業ぎょう を 行おこな う for someone to carry out a project/initiative
The city is carrying out a reconstruction project in this area.
事じ 業ぎょう を 営いとな む to run/operate a business
He runs a small export business.
事じ 業ぎょう を 展てん 開かい する to expand/develop a business
The company is expanding its business across Asia.
事じ 業ぎょう に 失しっ 敗ぱい する to fail in a business/venture
When he was young, he failed in business and ended up deeply in debt.
事じ 業ぎょう を 継けい 承しょう する to take over/succeed a business
The eldest son took over his father's business.
Kanji 業 business, vocation, arts Related words· 7 ビジネス is a loanword for general commercial activity, while 事業 is the more formal Japanese term that can also cover non-profit or public undertakings.
プロジェクト is a loanword emphasizing a specific planned task with a start and end, while 事業 can describe an ongoing large-scale undertaking, often public or social.
企業 names the company or corporation itself, whereas 事業 refers to the business activity or operation it carries out.
計画 focuses on the plan or scheme itself, while 事業 refers to the actual undertaking or program being carried out.
Show 3 more Show fewer 商売 is a more everyday, trade-focused word for buying and selling, while 事業 is broader and more formal, covering large-scale operations too.
事業 refers more broadly to any business undertaking or venture, whereas エンタープライズ specifically evokes the loanword sense of a company or entrepreneurial enterprise.
事業 refers to an enterprise or undertaking as a whole (often large-scale, like a project or industry), while 営業 refers to the ongoing act of running or selling within a business.
Don't confuse with 作業 sounds similar to 事業 but means physical or manual work/task, not a business or large-scale project.
授業 sounds very close to 事業 but means a class or lesson at school, unrelated to business or projects.
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· 63 business owner; entrepreneur · employer
business entity; business unit
industrialization; turning into a business · commercialization; making commercially viable
public corporation; government agency; foundation
workplace; office; factory
Show 5 more Show fewer enterprising person; businessperson; industrialist
commercial viability; business feasibility; business potential · business-related; commercial
establishment; place of business; office; facility
business world; industrial world
business tax
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Etymology Compound of 事 (thing, matter) and 業 (work, profession). The combination conveys the idea of a purposeful undertaking or business activity.
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