(さんぎょう)

さんぎょう
noun
industry
1. industry, business sector
Economic activity concerned with the production of goods or services.
The automobile industry is important.
IT産業(さんぎょう)発展(はってん)している
The IT industry is developing.
Tourism is thriving in this region, and many people work in it.

産業(さんぎょう) refers to industry or economic sectors in a broad sense.

KANJI:
(さん) (produce) + (ぎょう) (business) - the business of producing goods or services.

COMMON COMPOUNDS:

  • 産業(さんぎょう)革命(かくめい): Industrial Revolution
  • 観光(かんこう)産業(さんぎょう): tourism industry
  • 自動車(じどうしゃ)産業(さんぎょう): automobile industry
  • 第一次(だいいちじ)/第二次(だいにじ)/第三次(だいさんじ)産業(さんぎょう): primary/secondary/tertiary industries

CONTRAST:

  • 産業(さんぎょう): broad term covering all economic sectors
  • 工業(こうぎょう): manufacturing/industrial sector specifically
  • 商業(しょうぎょう): commerce, trade