産さん業ぎょう

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Common wordJLPTN4Freq.FrequencyTop 5,000

Meanings

1

Broad modern sense: economic sectors, manufacturing, and industrial activity.

日本にほんの自じ動どう車しゃ産さん業ぎょうは世せ界かいでも有ゆう名めいだ。
Japan's automobile industry is famous worldwide.
この地ち域いきでは観かん光こう産さん業ぎょうが盛さかんです。
The tourism industry is thriving in this region.

2

livelihood; occupation

archaic

Archaic use for one's trade or means of living; not used this way in modern Japanese.

古こ文もん書じょでは、産さん業ぎょうを「なりわい」の意い味みで使つかうことがある。
In old documents, 産業 is sometimes used to mean 'livelihood' or 'occupation'.

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Usage patterns

産さん業ぎょうが発はっ展てんするfor an industry to develop/grow
この町まちではIT産さん業ぎょうが急きゅう速そくに発はっ展てんしている。
The IT industry is rapidly developing in this town.
産さん業ぎょうを支ささえるto support/sustain an industry
自じ動どう車しゃ産さん業ぎょうは日本にほん経けい済ざいを支ささえている。
The automobile industry supports the Japanese economy.
〈場ば所しょ〉の産さん業ぎょうthe industry of a place
この地ち域いきの産さん業ぎょうは主おもに農のう業ぎょうと漁ぎょ業ぎょうだ。
This region's industry is mainly agriculture and fishing.

Expressions

産さん業ぎょうの米こめstaple product of an industry; core product

Kanji

産products, bear, give birth
業business, vocation, arts

Related words· 7

工こう業ぎょうN4sense 1
工業 refers specifically to manufacturing and heavy industry, while 産業 covers a broader range of economic sectors including services.
業ぎょう界かいN1sense 1
業界 means a specific business field or trade circle from an insider's viewpoint, whereas 産業 is the general term for an industry as a whole.
商しょう業ぎょうN3sense 1
商業 focuses narrowly on commerce and trade, while 産業 is the broader category that includes manufacturing, agriculture, and services.
興こう業ぎょうN1
産業 is the broad, everyday word for 'industry' as an economic sector, while 興業 specifically means the act of founding or promoting an industrial enterprise and appears mainly in formal or company-name contexts.

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実じつ業ぎょう
産業 is the broad economic term for 'industry' (manufacturing, services, etc.), while 実業 stresses concrete, profit-making business activity as opposed to speculation.
インダストリアル
産業 refers broadly to industry as an economic sector, while インダストリアル is used more narrowly as a descriptive adjective for a design or aesthetic style.
製せい造ぞう業ぎょうN2
産業 is a very broad word for 'industry' in general (including services, agriculture, etc.), whereas 製造業 is limited to manufacturing.

Don't confuse with

商しょう業ぎょうN3
産業 is the general term for industry covering all sectors, while 商業 narrows this to the commerce and trade sector specifically.

Word family· 81

水すい産さん業ぎょうN1
fisheries industry; seafood industry
不ふ動どう産さん業ぎょうN1
real estate business; real estate industry
性せい産さん業ぎょう
sex industry
産さん業ぎょう化か
industrialization
産さん業ぎょう医い
industrial physician; occupational health physician

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産さん業ぎょう用よう
industrial; for industrial use
産さん業ぎょう界かい
the industrial world; industry circles; the business world
一いち次じ産さん業ぎょう
primary industry
一いっ般ぱん産さん業ぎょう
general industry
主しゅ要よう産さん業ぎょう
key industry; major industry

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Etymology

Compound of 産 (produce) and 業 (work, business). The modern sense of 'industry' developed from the idea of productive work.