WORD DETAIL
業界
ぎょうかい
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Study notes
1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning
- Structure:
業界, readぎょうかい, combines business field業with sphere界to denote an industry domain. - Basic usage: It denotes an entire field of related businesses or occupations, as in
出版業界.
2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions
- Scope and context
- It does not mean a single company;
業界全体broadly includes the organizations and people in that field.
- It does not mean a single company;