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VOCABULARY
家業
ka
か
gyo
ぎょ
u
う
family business
one's inherited occupation
noun
Example sentences
彼かれは父ちちの家か業ぎょうを継ついだ。
He took over his father's family business.
うちの家か業ぎょうは三さん代だい続つづく酒さか屋やだ。
Our family business is a liquor shop spanning three generations.
彼かの女じょは家か業ぎょうを手て伝つだっている。
She is helping out with the family business.
長ちょう男なんが家か業ぎょうを守まもる決けっ心しんをした。
The eldest son resolved to protect the family business.

Practice exercises

1
長男ちょうなんは家業かぎょうを嫌きらって都会とかいへ出でた。
The eldest son disliked the family business and left for the city.
Answer
家業かぎょう
2
不景気ふけいきで家業かぎょうの経営けいえいが年々ねんねん苦くるしくなっている。
Due to the recession, running the family business is getting harder year by year.
Answer
家業かぎょう
3
後継者こうけいしゃがおらず、代々だいだいの家業かぎょうをたたむほかなかった。
With no successor, we had no choice but to close down the generations-old family business.
Answer
家業かぎょう
4
彼かれは家業かぎょうを継ついだ。
He took over the family business.
Answer
家業かぎょう
5
祖父そふの代だいから続つづく家業かぎょうは酒屋さかやだ。
Our family business, continuing since my grandfather's generation, is a liquor store.
Answer
家業かぎょう