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工業

JLPT N4 · Vocabulary

工業 — “manufacturing industry, industry”

工業 (read こうぎょう) means manufacturing industry, industry. It appears on the JLPT N4 vocabulary list and is a noun.

Reading

こうぎょう

Meaning

manufacturing industry, industry

工業 in a sentence

この地域ちいきは工業こうぎょうが盛んさかんです。

This region's industry is thriving.

The kanji in 工業

工work, construction
業occupation, business, work

Words that share a kanji with 工業

工場こうじょう— factory
工事こうじ— construction work
人工じんこう— artificial, man-made
工夫くふう— device, ingenuity, contrivance, working out a scheme
工員こういん— factory worker
工芸こうげい— craft, handicraft, industrial art
大工だいく— carpenter
授業じゅぎょう— a class (of school)

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