業界（ぎょうかい、giょukai）
- industry

The Japanese word 業界業界 refers to an "industry," "business world," or "field." It encompasses all the companies, organizations, and individuals involved in a specific type of economic activity or profession. It represents a particular sector of the economy or a professional domain. ⚫︎ It is a broad term that can be applied to various sectors like the entertainment 業界業界, the IT 業界業界, the finance 業界業界, and many more. ⚫︎ It implies a shared set of practices, challenges, and participants within that area.

⚫︎ あの会社は出版業界業界の大手です。 Translation: That company is a major player in the publishing industry. ⚫︎ 彼はゲーム業界業界で働いています。 Translation: He works in the game industry. ⚫︎ この映画はハリウッド業界業界で話題になっています。 Translation: This movie is a hot topic in Hollywood.

⚫︎ 業界業界is used in formal and informal contexts. ⚫︎ You can use it when discussing a particular profession, business sector, or field of activity. ⚫︎ It's common in business discussions, news reports, articles, and everyday conversations about work or professional interests.

⚫︎ The word is written using Kanji as 業界業界. ⚫︎ The reading is ぎょうかい. ⚫︎ There are no common variations in how it is written. ⚫︎ No variation of okurigana.

⚫︎ 分野（ぶんや） - "field," "area," or "domain" ⚫︎ 産業（さんぎょう） - "industry" (more specific than 業界業界 sometimes) ⚫︎ 世界（せかい）- "world" (when used to refer to a specific sector, e.g., the fashion world)

There aren't many direct antonyms for 業界業界, as it describes a specific sector or field. However, you could consider the absence of a sector or field as an antonym.

新しいテクノロジーは、IT業界業界に大きな影響を与えています。 ・Translation: New technologies are having a big impact on the IT industry. ・Explanation: This sentence illustrates how 業界業界is used to refer to the IT sector and the influence of new technologies within that domain.

彼女は長年、観光業界業界で働いています。 ・Translation: She has been working in the tourism industry for many years. ・Explanation: This sentence shows the use of 業界業界to specify the tourism industry as her area of expertise.

⚫︎ The word is a compound word formed from two Kanji characters: 業（ぎょう） which means "business," "industry," "occupation," and 界（かい） which means "world," "sphere," or "domain." ⚫︎ Together, they form the meaning "industry" or "the world of business/occupation".