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工業
kougyou
Description
「工業」は、機械や工場を使って、たくさんの物を作る仕事のことです。
"工業" refers to work that uses machines and factories to produce large quantities of goods.
車や電気の製品を作る会社は、みんな工業の一つです。
Companies that make cars or electrical products are all part of 工業.
Meanings
工業kougyou
industry; manufacturing goods with factories and machines
この町は工業がとても発展しています。
This town's industry is very developed.
Related words
Notes
- Etymology
工 (craft, work) + 業 (business, trade), literally 'the business of manufacturing'.
- Nuance
工業 is manufacturing specifically, while 産業 (sangyou) covers all industry broadly.
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