- 卒業 — graduation
- 授業 — class; lesson
- 企業 — enterprise; company
- 産業 — industry
- 従業員 — employee
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業 originally depicted a tool rack, suggesting action or task. Over time, it came to mean one’s work or deeds. It also holds spiritual meaning in Buddhism as karma — the effects of one’s actions.
彼は 卒業して、企業に就職した。
He graduated and joined a company.
悪業は 来世に 影響を与えると言われている。
It is said that bad karma affects one’s next life.