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産別 (sanbetsu) Japanese meaning: industrial union | Kotomora

産さん別べつ

さ

ん

べ

つ

Common word›Freq.FrequencyTop 100,000

Meanings

1

industrial union

abbreviation

Abbreviation of 産業別組合, used in labor and economic contexts.

See also: 産業別組合

産さん別べつの大たい会かいが来らい月げつ開

ひら

か

れる

。

The industrial union's convention will be held next month.

Usage patterns

〈組くみ合あい〉が産さん別べつに加か盟めいするfor a (company) union to affiliate with an industrial union federation
この労ろう働どう組くみ合あいは全ぜん国こく的てきな産さん別べつに加か盟めいしている。
This labor union is affiliated with a nationwide industrial union.

Kanji

産products, bear, give birth
別separate, branch off, diverge

Related words

産さん業ぎょう別べつ組くみ合あい
産業別組合 is the full, formal term for an industrial union, while 産別 is the everyday abbreviated form used in labor discourse.
労ろう働どう組くみ合あいN2
労働組合 is the general term for any labor union, whereas 産別 specifically refers to a union organized by industry rather than by individual company.

Opposites

企き業ぎょう別べつ組くみ合あい
企業別組合 is a union organized within a single company, the structural opposite of 産別, which unites workers across an entire industry.

Etymology

Abbreviation of 産業別組合 (industrial union).