資し本ほん集しゅう約やく的てき産さん業ぎょう

noun

capital-intensive industry

An industry that requires large amounts of capital investment relative to labor. Often contrasted with 労働集約的産業 (labor-intensive industry).

See also: 労働集約的産業

• 半はん導どう体たい製せい造ぞうは資し本ほん集しゅう約やく的てき産さん業ぎょうの代だい表ひょう例れいだ。

  Semiconductor manufacturing is a prime example of a capital-intensive industry.

• 資し本ほん集しゅう約やく的てき産さん業ぎょうでは、設せつ備び投とう資しの負ふ担たんが大おおきい。

  In capital-intensive industries, the burden of capital investment is heavy.