Broad modern sense: economic sectors, manufacturing, and industrial activity.
Japan's automobile industry is famous worldwide.
この地域では観光産業が盛んです。
The tourism industry is thriving in this region.
Archaic use for one's trade or means of living; not used this way in modern Japanese.
古文書では、産業を「なりわい」の意味で使うことがある。
In old documents, 産業 is sometimes used to mean 'livelihood' or 'occupation'.
The IT industry is rapidly developing in this town.
The automobile industry supports the Japanese economy.
This region's industry is mainly agriculture and fishing.
industrialization
industrial physician; occupational health physician