How do you read 三業?

三業 is read さんぎょう (sangyou), with heiban pitch accent (flat).

What JLPT level is 三業?

It is not on the standard JLPT lists.

How do you write 三業 in romaji?

三業 is written sangyou in romaji, also spelled sangyo.

What kanji are in 三業?

三 (Three); 業 (Business, Vocation).

三業さんぎょう

さんぎょう · sangyou (also spelled sangyo)

noun

The three entertainment district enterprises: eating houses, geisha houses, meeting places for assignations, etc.

three activities (action, speech and thought)

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Heiban

flat · what is pitch accent?

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How it’s used

Rarely used in modern daily conversation; appears in historical or literary contexts about Edo-period entertainment districts or Buddhist doctrine.

Often confused with 'san'gyou' (産業) meaning industry; 'sangyou' here is a homograph with different meaning.

Example sentences

三業を営む店は、江戸時代に栄えた。

Shops running the three entertainment enterprises flourished in the Edo period.

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仏教では、三業を清らかに保つことが大切だ。

In Buddhism, it is important to keep the three activities pure.

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Kanji in this word

三Three 音さん・ぞう訓み・み.つ JLPT N5 · 3 strokes 業Business, Vocation, Arts 音ぎょう・ごう訓わざ JLPT N4 · 13 strokes

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Words that share a kanji

三さんthree 三角さんかくtriangle, triangular 三日みっかthree days, third day of the month 三つみっつthree things 再三さいさんagain and again, repeatedly 三日月みかづきcrescent moon 卒業そつぎょうgraduation 作業さぎょうwork, operation, manufacturing

Questions

What does 三業 mean?

The three entertainment district enterprises: eating houses, geisha houses, meeting places for assignations, etc.. It can also mean: three activities (action, speech and thought).

How do you pronounce 三業?

さんぎょう (sangyou). Pitch accent: heiban — flat. Press Listen above to hear it.

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