No. 840 in Japanese
工業
Industrial manufacturing.
In a sentence
その都市は工業都市として知られています。
That city is known as an industrial city.
Here, 工業 (engineering/industry) is used as a descriptor for the city's main economic or functional characteristic.
日本の工業は世界的に評価されています。
Japan's industry is globally recognized.
In this sentence, 工業 (engineering/industry) refers to Japan's production and technological sectors as a whole.
大学で工業デザインを専攻しました。
I majored in industrial design at university.
工業 (engineering/industry) is used to describe a field of study related to industrial-specific applications like design.
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