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How to say 'Company' in Japanese | 企業

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The Japanese word for Company is 'Kigyou', written as 企業 in Japanese.'Company' in hiragana is きぎょう.

    word

    企業

    Meaning

    Company

    Reading

    きぎょう

    kigyou

    Kanji

    Plan, Project Business

    Explanation

    The Japanese noun '企業 (きぎょう)' refers to a 'company' or 'enterprise'. It is commonly used to describe a business organization engaged in commercial, industrial, or professional activities. This term is often used in formal contexts, such as business discussions, news, or academic writing. For example: That company is growing rapidly「あの企業は急速に成長している」(あのきぎょうはきゅうそくにせいちょうしている). Many companies are adopting new technologies「多くの企業が新しい技術を採用している」(おおくのきぎょうがあたらしいぎじゅつをさいようしている). The word can also be used in compound terms like '大企業 (だいきぎょう)' (large corporation) or '中小企業 (ちゅうしょうきぎょう)' (small and medium-sized enterprises).

    Part Of Speech

    noun

    Kanji JLPT

    N1

    Kanji Grade

    8

    Frequency

    240

    Composition

    kanji

    Handwriting

Kanji in the Word 企業

This word contains 2 kanji characters:

  • kanji

    Meaning

    Plan, Project

  • kanji

    Meaning

    Business

Words Related to 企業 Through the Kanji

This Word contains the Kanji 企 as well.

  • word

    企画

    Meaning

    Plan

Words Related to 企業 Through the Kanji

These 23 Words contain the Kanji 業 as well.

  • word

    授業

    Meaning

    Lesson

  • word

    事業

    Meaning

    Business

  • word

    Meaning

    Industry

  • word

    産業

    Meaning

    Industry

  • word

    作業

    Meaning

    Work

  • word

    業務

    Meaning

    Work

  • word

    卒業

    Meaning

    Graduation

  • word

    職業

    Meaning

    Occupation

  • word

    工業

    Meaning

    Industry

  • word

    農業

    Meaning

    Agriculture

  • word

    従業

    Meaning

    Employment

  • word

    営業

    Meaning

    Business

  • word

    休業

    Meaning

    Closure, Suspension

  • word

    残業

    Meaning

    Overtime

  • word

    失業

    Meaning

    Unemployment

  • word

    従業員

    Meaning

    Employee

  • word

    業績

    Meaning

    Achievement, Performance

  • word

    漁業

    Meaning

    Fishing

  • word

    業界

    Meaning

    Industry

  • word

    業者

    Meaning

    Trader, Contractor

  • word

    商業

    Meaning

    Commerce

  • word

    開業

    Meaning

    Business, Opening

  • word

    創業

    Meaning

    Founding

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'Kigyou' means 'Company' .

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