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JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

兼けん業ぎょう

kengyou

to hold another job or business

Example sentences

  1. そのため、農業機械のうぎょうきかいの導入どうにゅうには経済的負担けいざいてきふたんが大おおきく、兼業けんぎょう化かしないと農業のうぎょうを続つづけられないことも多おおい。

    As a result, it costs farmers too much to introduce agricultural machines and they are often forced into having another job in order to continue farming.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  2. いっぽう大坂おおさかでは、従来じゅうらいの造つくり酒屋ざかやが問屋とんやを兼業けんぎょうしていたので、江戸えどのような専門酒問屋せんもんさかとんやは出現しゅつげんしなかった。

    In Osaka, on the other hand, conventional Tsukurizakaya sold wholesale as well so a specialized wholesale merchant of sake like Edo did not appear.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 現代げんだいの日本にっぽんでは、主おもに観光地かんこうちや名勝めいしょうで営業えいぎょうしており、土産屋みやげやを兼業けんぎょうしている場合ばあいも多おおい。

    In present day Japan, they mainly operate in sight seeing areas and places of scenic beauty and, in many cases also sell gifts and souvenirs.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 兼業

  • 兼concurrently; andOnケンKunかねる
  • 業business; vocationOnギョウ・ゴウKunわざ

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