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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

サービス業ぎょう

saabisugyou

service industry

Example sentences

  1. そこで、葬祭そうさいをサポートするサービス業ぎょうとして、葬祭業そうさいぎょうがある。

    So, this is when Sosaigyo has a role to play as a service business to support funerals.

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

  2. 舞妓変身まいこへんしんのサービス業ぎょうの拡大かくだいにつれ、舞妓まいこの衣装いしょうを着つけた観光客かんこうきゃくが市内しないで飲食いんしょくを行おこなう姿すがたなどが、事情じじょうを知しらない他ほかの観光客かんこうきゃくから本物ほんものの舞妓まいこと勘違かんちがいされる場面ばめんが増ふえた。

    The more the maiko makeover services expand, the more tourists dressed up like maiko, for example, when they are dining in the city, are taken for real maiko by other tourists who do not know such services.

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

  3. 近隣市町村きんりんしちょうそんと比くらべるとサービス業ぎょうを中心ちゅうしんとした第三次産業だいさんじさんぎょうが盛さかんであり、商業しょうぎょうの街まちであるとも言いえる。

    Compared with neighboring municipalities, its tertiary sector, particularly the service industry, is thriving, and it can also be described as a commercial city.

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

Kanji in 業

  • 業business; vocationOnギョウ・ゴウKunわざ

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