重じゅう工こう

noun

heavy industry

Refers to large-scale industrial manufacturing, such as shipbuilding, steel, and machinery. Often appears in compound names like 重工業 or company names like 三菱重工.

• 三みつ菱びし重じゅう工こうは日本にほんの大おお手て重じゅう工こう会社がいしゃです。

  Mitsubishi Heavy Industries is a major Japanese heavy-industry company.

• 重じゅう工こう分ぶん野やの技ぎ術じゅつ革かく新しんが進すすんでいる。

  Technological innovation is advancing in the heavy-industry sector.