- sangyou the three entertainment district enterprises: eating houses, geisha houses, meeting places for assignations, etc.
- sangou three activities (action, speech and thought)
Rarely used in modern daily conversation; appears in historical or literary contexts about Edo-period entertainment districts or Buddhist doctrine.
三業を営む店は、江戸時代に栄えた。
Sangyou o itonamu mise wa, Edo jidai ni sakaeta.
Shops running the three entertainment enterprises flourished in the Edo period.
仏教では、三業を清らかに保つことが大切だ。
Bukkyou de wa, sangyou o kiyoraka ni tamotsu koto ga taisetsu da.
In Buddhism, it is important to keep the three activities pure.
⚖️ Often confused with 'san'gyou' (産業) meaning industry; 'sangyou' here is a homograph with different meaning.
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