生せい産さん

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Common wordJLPTN4Freq.FrequencyTop 2,000

生産する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

Broad term for producing goods, resources, or output, especially in industrial, agricultural, or economic contexts. Used both as a noun and with する.

〈場ば所しょ〉で〈物もの〉を生せい産さんするto produce something in a place
この工こう場じょうでは自じ動どう車しゃを生せい産さんしている。
This factory produces automobiles.
生せい産さんを中ちゅう止しするto halt production
その部ぶ品ひんの生せい産さんを中ちゅう止しすることになった。
It was decided to halt production of that part.
生せい産さんが増ふえる／減へるproduction increases / decreases
去きょ年ねんより生せい産さんが減へった。
Production has decreased compared to last year.
〈物もの〉を大たい量りょうに生せい産さんするto mass-produce something
このメーカーはスマートフォンを大たい量りょうに生せい産さんしている。
This maker mass-produces smartphones.

製せい造ぞうN3
製造 refers specifically to manufacturing or processing goods, while 生産 is broader and covers agricultural and raw-material output as well.
産さん出しゅつN1
産出 stresses natural yield or extraction, such as oil or minerals, whereas 生産 is the general term covering both natural and manufactured output.
発はっ生せいN2
生産 refers to manufacturing or producing goods, while 発生 refers to the generation of energy, heat, gas, or signals through a natural or mechanical process.

消しょう費ひN3
生産 means producing goods while 消費 means consuming or using them up, the two forming the basic economic pair.

精せい算さんN3
生産 (production) and 精算 (settling accounts, fare adjustment) are pronounced identically but refer to completely unrelated concepts.
清せい算さんN1
生産 (production) and 清算 (liquidation, clearing debts) share the same pronunciation but mean very different things.
出しゅっ産さんN2
生産 means the production of goods and is the normal modern word for manufacturing, while 出産 primarily means childbirth and only rarely refers to producing goods.

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Compound of 生 (life, birth) and 産 (give birth, produce). The combination conveys the idea of bringing forth or generating goods.