兼けん業ぎょう

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

兼業する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

doing as a side business; running simultaneously

Refers to the act of engaging in an additional business or occupation alongside one's main work. Often used with する to describe the action.

side business; second job

The side business or job itself, as a noun. Often used in contexts like 兼業を持つ or 兼業を始める.

〈事こと〉を兼けん業ぎょうするto run 〈something〉 as a side business alongside one's main work
彼かれは会かい社しゃ員いんをしながら農のう業ぎょうを兼けん業ぎょうしている。
He works as a company employee while also running a farm as a side business.
兼けん業ぎょうを許きょ可かするto permit (employees) to have a side job
その会かい社しゃは社しゃ員いんの兼けん業ぎょうを許きょ可かしている。
That company allows its employees to have side jobs.
兼けん業ぎょうを禁きん止しするto prohibit (employees) from having a side job
一いち部ぶの企き業ぎょうは今いまも兼けん業ぎょうを禁きん止ししている。
Some companies still prohibit their employees from having side jobs.

副ふく業ぎょう sense 2
副業 is the everyday word for an individual's side job for extra income, while 兼業 is more formal and often describes simultaneously running two occupations or businesses, as in agriculture or corporate contexts.
掛かけ持もち
兼業 refers to formally running a side business or secondary occupation, while 掛け持ち is the casual, everyday term for juggling multiple jobs or roles at once.
兼けん任にん
兼任 refers to holding multiple formal positions or titles, whereas 兼業 specifically means running a side business or secondary occupation alongside one's main job.

専せん業ぎょう sense 1
専業 means devoting oneself to a single occupation exclusively, the direct opposite of 兼業, which means holding down more than one job or business at once.

兼けん務む sense 1
兼務 refers to concurrently holding an additional post or duty within an organization, whereas 兼業 refers to running a separate business or job outside one's main occupation.

Compound of 兼 (concurrently) and 業 (business, occupation). The meaning is transparent from its components.