業（ごう）
JLPT N1 · noun
Pitch accent: atamadaka (head-high) — first mora high, then falls
Meaning: karma / deed
Example sentences
- 過去の業から学ぶ。 — He learns from his past karma.
- 業という考え方に触れる。 — She encounters the concept of karma.
Idioms & proverbs containing “業”
- 創業は易く守成は難し (そうぎょうはやすくしゅせいはかたし) — it is easy to start an enterprise but hard to maintain it
- 自業自得 (じごうじとく) — paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow
- 同盟罷業 (どうめいひぎょう) — strike
- 創業守成 (そうぎょうしゅせい) — starting an enterprise and (or) carrying it to final success
- 人気稼業 (にんきかぎょう) — popular occupation; occupation largely dependent on public favor
- 浮き草稼業 (うきくさかぎょう) — precarious trade; unstable occupation; itinerant trade
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