彼は建設業に従事している。
He is engaged in the construction business.
この地域ではサービス業が盛んだ。
The service industry is thriving in this area.
Used in Buddhist contexts to refer to religious practice or study, such as 仏道修行 (Buddhist training). Not used for general academic study.
彼は仏道の業に励んでいる。
He devotes himself to Buddhist practice.
My father runs a construction business.
He has been engaged in farming for many years.
graduation; completion of a course · moving on from; outgrowing · leaving a group; quitting
work; operation; task
business; work; operations; duties
industry; business world; business circles
class; lesson; teaching; schoolwork
trader; dealer; business; vendor; supplier; contractor · fellow trader; people in the same trade
occupation; profession; job
employment; working for a company
overtime work; working overtime
agriculture; farming
founding; establishment (of a business)
(manufacturing) industry
commerce; trade; business
side job; sideline; subsidiary business
achievement; performance; results
opening a business; opening a practice
starting a business; entrepreneurship
unemployment · losing one's job; becoming unemployed
suspension of business; temporary closure; shutdown; holiday
principal occupation; core business; main job
fishing industry; fishery
specialized occupation; full-time dedication to one field
type of industry; business category
employment; being employed; working · starting work; beginning the workday; going on duty
industry; business
discontinuation of business; closing down; retirement from a profession
study; learning; training; apprenticeship · course of study; completion of a course