業

Glyph origin
Various explanations exist:
 * – wooden frame from which bells hang, with horizontal and vertical beams and a sawtooth-shaped board on top

In the, the character sometimes contained two 業 and one (the original form of ). These forms may have been.

Etymology

 * work; achievement
 * Etymology not clear.


 * large; terrific
 * Cognate with . See  for more.

Definitions

 * 1) profession; business; trade
 * 2) merits and achievements; work
 * 3) course of study
 * 4) property; estate
 * 5)  lofty; large
 * 6)  karma
 * 7)  already
 * 8)  to engage in
 * 9)  ornamental wooden board, carved into a sawtooth shape, on top of the horizontal beam of the frame on which bells, drums, and other instruments hang
 * 10)  busy and laborious
 * 1)  lofty; large
 * 2)  karma
 * 3)  already
 * 4)  to engage in
 * 5)  ornamental wooden board, carved into a sawtooth shape, on top of the horizontal beam of the frame on which bells, drums, and other instruments hang
 * 6)  busy and laborious
 * 1)  to engage in
 * 2)  ornamental wooden board, carved into a sawtooth shape, on top of the horizontal beam of the frame on which bells, drums, and other instruments hang
 * 3)  busy and laborious
 * 1)  busy and laborious
 * 1)  busy and laborious

Kanji

 * 1) work, business, task, profession
 * 2) vocation
 * 3) arts
 * 4) performance

Etymology 1
→ →  →

From. The kan'on, so likely a later borrowing.

Noun

 * 1) work, task, business: the job at hand
 * 2) profession, business, trade: what one does to earn a living
 * 3) studies, scholarship (the act of being a scholar), the arts

Proverbs

 * : the ones doing it are the experts
 * : a man of virtue builds up his skills, and then passes them on to those who come after

Etymology 2
→ →  →

From. The goon, so likely an earlier borrowing. Translation from the Sanskrit term.

Noun

 * 1)  karma
 * 2) sin, misdeed
 * 3) abbreviation of : resentment, resentful

Idioms

 * : to be deeply sinful
 * ,, : to be irritated, to be annoyed, to get angry
 * , : to lose one's temper, to fly off the handle
 * : to sink into sin and despair
 * : the powerful winds of sin that blow in hell
 * : a mythological scale that weighs the sins of the dead
 * : to endure shame in this life as karma for sins committed in a previous life

Proverbs

 * : you reap what you sow, what goes around comes around

Etymology 3
From. Appears in the , completed some time after 759 CE.

Derived as the of verb. Ultimately of same origin as verb.

Noun

 * 1)  a living, a job, what one does to earn a living

Etymology 4
From. Found in the , completed some time after 759 CE.

Noun

 * 1) a work of great significance or intent
 * 2) an intentional act or action
 * 3)  a Buddhist memorial service
 * 4) one's job, occupation, profession
 * 5) a matter or affair: implies a complication or problem
 * 6) a technique, a means of doing something
 * 7) a move or technique in sumo, judo, kendo, or other competitive activity
 * 8) a disaster, misfortune, calamity
 * 1) a move or technique in sumo, judo, kendo, or other competitive activity
 * 2) a disaster, misfortune, calamity

Derived terms

 * : a disaster

Related terms

 * : intentionally, deliberately