Usage patterns 〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 で 工こう 業ぎょう が 発はっ 展てん する for industry to develop in a place
Industry developed rapidly in this region.
工こう 業ぎょう 製せい 品ひん を 輸ゆ 出しゅつ する to export industrial products
Japan exports many industrial products overseas.
工こう 業ぎょう に 従じゅう 事じ する to be engaged in industry (as a worker/business)
His family has worked in industry for generations.
Kanji 工 craft, construction, katakana e radical (no. 48) 業 business, vocation, arts Related words 産業 covers all economic sectors (agriculture, industry, services), while 工業 refers specifically to manufacturing and heavy industry.
製造業 is the statistical/business term for the manufacturing sector, while 工業 is the more general everyday word for industry including heavy industry.
工業 is the standard Japanese word for 'industry' as a sector, while インダストリアル is a loanword used mainly for stylistic or design contexts like music or architecture.
Don't confuse with 工業 (manufacturing industry) and 鉱業 (mining industry) are pronounced identically but refer to completely different economic activities.
商業 means commerce and trade (buying and selling), while 工業 means manufacturing industry (making goods).
工業 (manufacturing industry) is a common everyday word pronounced identically to 興業 (promotion of an industrial enterprise), so the two are easily mixed up despite different meanings.
工業 refers only to manufacturing/industry, whereas 商工 covers both commerce and industry together.
Word family· 57 mining and manufacturing industry
heavy industry
light industry
industrial area; industrial district; industrial zone
industrial area; industrial zone
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processing industry; processing industries
commerce and industry
industrialization · establishing a production system; putting into production
industrialized nation; industrialised nation
industrial port
for industrial use; industrial-grade
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Etymology Compound of 工 (こう , 'craft, manufacturing') and 業 (ぎょう , 'work, industry'). The kanji combination directly conveys the meaning of manufacturing industry.
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