業

ごう

Meanings

1. Noun karma
2. result of one's karma; fate; destiny
3. uncontrollable temper See also: 業を煮やす (ごうをにやす).

Kanji

• 業 business. Read as ゴウ.

Example sentences

• それは、至難の業だな。
  It is like looking for a needle in a haystack.

Common phrases

• 業とする (ぎょうとする) to work as
• 業を煮やす (ごうをにやす) to lose one's temper
• 業が深い (ごうがふかい) past redemption

Words containing 業

• 自業自得 (じごうじとく) paying for one's mistakes
• 非業の死 (ひごうのし) unnatural death
• 業火 (ごうか) hellfire

And 28 more.

Word lists

• JLPT N1
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