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industry, manufacturing
Economic activity concerned with the processing of raw materials and manufacture of goods.
工業 means industry or manufacturing, referring to the production of goods from raw materials.
TYPES:
- 重工業: heavy industry
- 軽工業: light industry
- 自動車工業: automobile industry
- 化学工業: chemical industry
COMMON EXPRESSIONS:
- 工業地帯: industrial zone
- 工業製品: industrial products
- 工業国: industrialized nation
- 工業化: industrialization
CONTRAST:
- 商業: commerce, trade
- 農業: agriculture
- 産業: industry (broader term)