実業|じつぎょうjitsugyou[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- nounindustry; business
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym事業じぎょうNeutralCovers undertakings and business operations, including social or public-interest projects; 「実業」 is limited to tangible industries like production and trade.
- SynonymビジネスNeutralA loanword for business, trade or work in general; 「実業」 leans toward the real economy of producing and trading goods.
- Synonym産業さんぎょうWrittenWritten/formal prose: an industry as a whole, as in 「自動車産業」; 「実業」 stresses hands-on operations like production and trade.
- Related営業えいぎょうNeutralRefers to doing business or trade, and also to the sales department or sales role; 「実業」 denotes industry as a whole.
- Related商売しょうばいCasualColloquial: buying and selling, doing business, or an occupation; 「実業」 is more formal and leans toward tangible industry.
- Related商いあきないCasualColloquial with an old-fashioned air: trading, sales, or takings; 「実業」 refers to industry.
- Related企業きぎょうWrittenWritten/formal prose: a profit-seeking enterprise or company; 「実業」 is the industry activity itself.
- Antonym虚業きょぎょうWrittenWritten/formal prose: a speculative line of business with uncertain profits; the opposite of 「実業」.
Use 「実業」 for tangible industries such as production and trade, as in 「実業家」. For business in general use 「ビジネス」 or 「商売」; for a company 「企業」; for an industry 「産業」; 「虚業」 is its opposite.
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