兼業 (kengyou)

side line, second business

  • JLPT N1

Meaning

兼業 (けんぎょう, kengyou) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “side line, second business”.

Kanji in this word

Example sentences 3

まちとびから分業ぶんぎょうまたは兼業けんぎょう

Foundation worker became independent from machitobi or performed as machitobi as well.

鳶職から分業または兼業。

Demolition worker became independent from tobishoku or performed as tobishoku as well.

寄生地主の中には質屋などの金融業を兼業した。

Some parasitic landlords had a side business as a moneylender such as a pawnshop.