JLPT N4 · Noun

工業 (kougyou)

工業 (こうぎょう, kougyou) is a Japanese noun meaning “(manufacturing) industry”. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: こうぎょう
Romaji: kougyou
Word class: Noun
Level: JLPT N4 (unofficial)

Meaning

(manufacturing) industry · noun

Example sentences

７月の工業生産は急増した。

Industrial production rose sharply in July.

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

Kanji in 工業

工

craft, construction, katakana e radical (no. 48)コウ・ク · 3 strokes

業

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

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 工業.

工場こうじょうfactory人工じんこうartificial工場こうばfactory工夫くふうdevising (a way)工員こういんfactory worker工芸こうげいindustrial arts工事こうじconstruction work大工だいくcarpenter工学こうがくengineering工作こうさくhandicraft細工さいくwork加工かこうmanufacturing着工ちゃっこうstarting (construction) work授業じゅぎょうlesson

Source: JMdict entry 1278040 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.