鉱業

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
こう
Grade: 5
ぎょう
Grade: 3
kan'on
Alternative spellings
鑛業 (kyūjitai)
礦業
砿業

Noun

(こう)(ぎょう) (kōgyō

  1. mining (activity of removing solid valuables from the earth)
    • 1935, 寺田寅彦, 日本人の自然観:
      普通(ふつう)農作(のうさく)のほかに製茶製糸養蚕(せいちゃせいしようさん)のごときものも、鉱業(こうぎょう)近代的製造工業(きんだいてきせいぞうこうぎょう)のごときものに比較(ひかく)すればやはり庭園的(ていえんてき)である。
      Futsū na nōsaku no hoka ni seicha seishi yōsan no gotoki monomo, kōgyō ya kindaiteki seizō kōgyō no gotoki mono ni hikaku sureba yahari teienteki de aru.
      Besides basic agriculture, tea-making, spinning, and sericulture seem, by comparison to mining or modern manufacturing industries, to be quite horticultural.