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N4 Kanji 170: 業
Meaning of kanji 業:
In Japanese, 業 means “work”.
How to read kanji 業:
| Kunyomi | わざ |
| Onyomi | ぎょう |
How to write kanji 業:

Origin of kanji 業:
The original meaning of 業 is “stands of musical instruments”.
You can remember it by “I am a musician, I need stands for musical instruments in order to work”.
So 業 stands for “work”.

Development of kanji 業:

Vocabulary containing kanji 業:
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 授業 | じゅぎょう | class |
| 卒業する | そつぎょうする | to graduate |
| 産業 | さんぎょう | industry |
| 工業 | こうぎょう | industry |
| 企業 | きぎょう | company |
| 事業 | じぎょう | business |
| 作業 | さぎょう | work |
| 職業 | しょくぎょう | profession |
| 営業 | えいぎょう | sales |
| 業務 | ぎょうむ | business |
| 農業 | のうぎょう | agriculture |
| 従業 | じゅうぎょう | employee |
| 失業 | しつぎょう | unemployment |
| 商業 | しょうぎょう | commerce |
| 業者 | ぎょうしゃ | trader |
| 業界 | ぎょうかい | industry |
| 業績 | ぎょうせき | performance |
| 開業 | かいぎょう | opening |
| 漁業 | ぎょぎょう | fishery |
| 就業 | しゅうぎょう | employment |
| 専業 | せんぎょう | full-time |
| 創業 | そうぎょう | founding |
| 残業 | ざんぎょう | overtime |
| 実業 | じつぎょう | business |
| 休業 | きゅうぎょう | suspension of business |
| 分業 | ぶんぎょう | division of labor |
| 修業 | しゅうぎょう | training |
| 仕業 | しわざ | work |
| 生業 | せいぎょう | livelihood |
| 家業 | かぎょう | family business |
| 業種 | ぎょうしゅ | industry |
| 同業 | どうぎょう | same industry |
| 本業 | ほんぎょう | main business |
| 林業 | りんぎょう | forestry |
| 学業 | がくぎょう | schoolwork |
| 起業 | きぎょう | start-up |
| 副業 | ふくぎょう | side job |
| 稼業 | かぎょう | earning |
| 勧業 | かんぎょう | encouragement |
| 廃業 | はいぎょう | closed business |
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