VocabularyJLPT N4 · core

工業

こうぎょう

hepburn kougyou

industry, manufacturing

Part of speech · noun

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Examples

この地方は工業がさかんです。
Industry is thriving in this region.
工業の発展で町が大きくなりました。
The town grew with the development of industry.

Collocations

工業がさかん工業地帯重工業工業製品工業の発展

Mnemonic

工業 kougyou — 工 (craft, work) + 業 (industry, trade). The industry of making things in a 工場 (factory, partial-5): manufacturing industry. It is a branch of 産業 (industry, partial-2). 工 is the kanji of 工場 and 工事; 業 is that of 営業 and 授業. It pairs with 農業 (agriculture) and 商業 (commerce) as ~業 words.

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Where (partial-5) does 工業 make things?