重じゅう厚こう長ちょう大だい産さん業ぎょう

noun

smokestack industry; heavy and large-scale industry

Refers to traditional heavy industries such as steel, shipbuilding, and petrochemicals, often contrasted with light or high-tech industries.

• 重じゅう厚こう長ちょう大だい産さん業ぎょうはかつて日本にほんの経けい済ざい成せい長ちょうを支ささえた。

  Smokestack industries once supported Japan's economic growth.

• 政せい府ふは重じゅう厚こう長ちょう大だい産さん業ぎょうからハイテク産さん業ぎょうへの転てん換かんを進すすめている。

  The government is promoting a shift from heavy industries to high-tech industries.