家業

かぎょう

Meanings

1. Noun family business; family trade
2. one's occupation; one's trade

Kanji

• 家 home. Read as カ.
• 業 business. Read as ギョウ.

Example sentences

• 彼に家業を継ぐようにときつけた。
  I persuaded him to take on the family business.
• 彼は慶応大学を卒業するとすぐに家業を継いだ。
  As soon as he graduated from Keio University, he took over his family's business.
• トムは家業を継いだ。
  Tom inherited the family business.
• 家業です。
  It's a family business.

Common phrases

• 家業を継ぐ
• 家業を手伝う
• 家業を受け継ぐ

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