Word Meaning 操業

そうぎょう sougyou

操業 is read as そうぎょう (sougyou) and means operation (of a machine, factory, fishing boat, etc.).

Meaning

English

operation (of a machine, factory, fishing boat, etc.)
work

Reading

Kana

そうぎょう

Romaji

sougyou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 29 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Rank 10729 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

操業費

そうぎょうひ

operating costs

操業率

そうぎょうりつ

operating rate

操業短縮

そうぎょうたんしゅく

curtailment of operations

交代操業

こうたいそうぎょう

working in shifts

自転車操業

じてんしゃそうぎょう

barely keeping a business going (analogy that a bicycle falls over when its wheels cease rotating)

違法操業

いほうそうぎょう

illegal fishing

操作

そうさ

manipulating (to one's benefit)

操縦

そうじゅう

management (of people)

操

そう

chastity (of a woman)

操る

あやつる

to have a good command of (a language)

操り人形

あやつりにんぎょう

puppet

操車

そうしゃ

operation (of trains)