操そう業ぎょう
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Meanings
Noun
Suru verb
Intransitive verb
1. operation (of a machine, factory, fishing boat, etc.); work
Kanji used
Pitch accent
そうぎょう
Used in vocabulary
操そう業ぎょう短たん縮しゅく
curtailment of operations
Noun
自じ転てん車しゃ操そう業ぎょう
barely keeping a business going (analogy that a bicycle falls over when its wheels cease rotating)
Noun
操そう業ぎょう費ひ
operating costs
Noun
Examples3
The factory will cease operations next month.
Our factories are working at full capacity.
All of the factories are nearing capacity.