中小企業

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 中小企業(ちゅうしょうきぎょう) collectively refers to medium-sized and small enterprises.
• Basic usage: It describes activities such as production at local companies or companies exhibiting at a fair.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Parts of the reading
  • 中小 is read ちゅうしょう, and 企業 is read きぎょう.