同どう業ぎょう

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

1

same trade; same business; same profession

Refers to being in the same line of work or industry. Often used in business contexts to describe competitors, colleagues, or related companies.

He got a job referral from a friend in the same trade.

同どう業ぎょう他た社しゃの動どう向こうを常つねにチェックしている。

We constantly monitor the trends of other companies in the same business.

〈人ひと〉と同どう業ぎょうだto be in the same trade/line of work as someone
彼かれとは同どう業ぎょうなので話はなしが合あう。
He's in the same trade as me, so we get along well when we talk.
同どう業ぎょうの〈人ひと〉a person in the same trade/profession
同どう業ぎょうの人ひとからいい情じょう報ほうをもらった。
I got some useful information from someone in the same trade.

同どう僚りょうN3
同僚 refers to a colleague at the same workplace, while 同業 refers to someone in the same industry or trade regardless of where they work.
競きょう合ごう
競合 stresses competing with a rival, whereas 同業 simply notes that someone shares the same line of business without implying rivalry.

異い業ぎょう種しゅN2
異業種 refers to a different industry or line of business, while 同業 means the same trade or profession.

Compound of 同 (same) and 業 (business, profession). The reading どうぎょう follows standard on'yomi.