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開業 (kaigyou) Japanese meaning: opening a business | Kotomora
Common word› Freq. Frequency Top 10,000 Conjugation 開業する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 開かい 業ぎょう する 開かい 業ぎょう しない Polite 開かい 業ぎょう します 開かい 業ぎょう しません Past polite 開かい 業ぎょう しました 開かい 業ぎょう しませんでした Past 開かい 業ぎょう した 開かい 業ぎょう しなかった Te-form 開かい 業ぎょう して 開かい 業ぎょう しないで Desire 開かい 業ぎょう したい 開かい 業ぎょう したくない Potential 開かい 業ぎょう できる 開かい 業ぎょう できない Passive 開かい 業ぎょう される 開かい 業ぎょう されない Causative 開かい 業ぎょう させる 開かい 業ぎょう させない Causative passive 開かい 業ぎょう させられる 開かい 業ぎょう させられない Volitional 開かい 業ぎょう しよう Polite volitional 開かい 業ぎょう しましょう Imperative 開かい 業ぎょう しろ 開かい 業ぎょう するな Conditional 開かい 業ぎょう すれば 開かい 業ぎょう しなければ Tara conditional 開かい 業ぎょう したら 開かい 業ぎょう しなかったら
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We plan to open a new café in front of the station next month.
He set up his own medical practice at age 30.
Usage patterns 〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 で 開かい 業ぎょう する to open a business/practice in a place
He opened a dental practice in Tokyo.
〈 事こと 〉 を 開かい 業ぎょう する to open (a business, clinic, practice, etc.)
She opened a law office last year.
〈 時とき 〉 に 開かい 業ぎょう する to open (a business/practice) at a certain time
The restaurant is scheduled to open next month.
Expressions 開かい 業ぎょう を 許ゆる す be licensed to practice; be allowed to open a business Kanji 業 business, vocation, arts Transitive / intransitive 開業 itself is used both transitively (誰かが医院を開業する, "someone opens a clinic") and intransitively (医院が開業する, "the clinic opens").
Related words· 9 開店 refers specifically to opening a shop or store, while 開業 covers any business or professional practice, including medical or legal offices.
開設 is a more formal word for establishing facilities, accounts, or systems, whereas 開業 focuses narrowly on starting a business or professional practice.
創業 emphasizes the founding of a company as an ongoing enterprise, while 開業 emphasizes the act of opening its doors for the first time.
開業 is used for opening a business or starting professional operations, while 開港 specifically refers to opening a port or airport for use.
Show 5 more 開業 refers to a business, shop, or private railway line starting operations, while 開通 refers to public infrastructure such as roads or railways becoming operational.
開業 is used for starting a business or practice (e.g., a clinic, shop), whereas 開局 is for public or institutional facilities like post offices or broadcasting stations.
起業 covers creating any new business broadly, whereas 開業 specifically means opening a business (like a shop or clinic) to the public.
Etymology Compound of 開 (open, start) and 業 (business, profession). The reading is on'yomi.
開業 refers to starting up a business or practice (like a clinic), whereas オープン is a more casual, general word for any kind of opening.
開業 is the formal term for launching a business or professional practice (like a clinic), whereas 店開き specifically evokes the image of a shop's opening event.
