Vocabulary

What does 兼業 (けんぎょう, kengyou) mean?

兼業 (けんぎょう, kengyou) means side business, dual occupation.

Quick facts
Readingけんぎょう
Romajikengyou
Part of speechnoun, suru verb, transitive
Level (estimated, JLPT framework)N1
けんぎょう
N1 · estimated, JLPT frameworkCommonkengyou

side business, dual occupation

  1. 1noun · suru verb · transitive pursuing as a side business; doing in addition to one's main work; running (businesses) simultaneously
  2. 2noun side business; job on the side

Example sentences

  • He is a part-time farmer, farming alongside another job.

  • He works as a writer on the side.

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Entries, readings and English glosses: JMdict — Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group (EDRDG), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and their translations written by GoMe.

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