Illustration: At a working harbor, a fishing crew unloads a heavy net of fish from a boat onto a sorting table beside the quay. Workers in waterproof aprons separate the catch into ice-filled crates, while another rolls completed stacks toward a refrigerated truck.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

漁ぎょ業ぎょう

gyogyou

fishing industry

Example sentences

その島しまには漁業ぎょぎょうを営いとなむ人ひとたちが住すんでいた。
The island was inhabited by a fishing people.
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その島しまの経済けいざいは漁業ぎょぎょうに依存いぞんしている。
The economy of the island is dependent on the fishing industry.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
村人むらびとたちは主しゅとして漁業ぎょぎょうに従事じゅうじしている。
The villagers are occupied mainly with fishing.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 漁業

漁fishing; fisheryOnギョ・リョウKunあさる
業business; vocationOnギョウ・ゴウKunわざ

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