業|ぎょうgyou[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. noun, noun (suffix)work; business; company; agency
   大学だいがくを卒業そつぎょうしたら、輸出業ゆしゅつぎょうに従事じゅうじしたいと思おもっています。↗

   I hope to be engaged in the export business after graduating from college.
2. noun, noun (suffix)study

• Synonym稼業かぎょうNeutralA trade one lives by, as in 「サラリーマン稼業」; 「業」 mostly appears as a suffix naming industries.
• Synonym生業なりわいWrittenWritten and old-fashioned: an occupation that provides one's livelihood; 「業」 is mostly a suffix for industries.
• Related職業しょくぎょうNeutralThe most general word for an occupation, as in 「職業選択」; 「業」 is mostly a suffix, as in 「製造業」.

Use 「業」 as a suffix for industries and businesses, as in 「サービス業」「製造業」. For occupation in general pick 「職業」; for the trade one lives by, 「稼業」 (neutral) or the written, old-fashioned 「生業」.

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1. （ギョウ　法律ほうりつ　「業ぎょうとして」の形かたちで）対価たいかを得える目的もくてきで、反復はんぷく的てき・継続的けいぞくてきに行おこなう行為こうい。
2. 産業さんぎょうを分類ぶんるいする際さいに用もちいる接尾語せつびご。