JLPT N3 · Noun

企業 (kigyou)

企業 (きぎょう, kigyou) is a Japanese noun meaning “enterprise; business”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: きぎょう
Romaji: kigyou
Word class: Noun
Level: JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

enterprise; business; company; corporation · noun

Example sentences

アメリカ企業のトップは日本企業のトップに比べ何倍もの報酬をもらっている。

CEO's of American corporations are paid several times their Japanese counterparts.

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 企業

企

undertake, scheme, designキ・くわだ.てる・たくら.む · 6 strokes

業

business, vocation, artsギョウ・ゴウ・わざ · 13 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 企業.

企画きかくplanning授業じゅぎょうlesson産業さんぎょうindustry卒業そつぎょうgraduation工業こうぎょう(manufacturing) industry失業しつぎょうunemployment職業しょくぎょうoccupation営業えいぎょうbusiness作業さぎょうwork農業のうぎょうagriculture業ぎょうwork休業きゅうぎょうsuspension of business漁業ぎょぎょうfishing industry商業しょうぎょうcommerce

Source: JMdict entry 1218190 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.