始業

Reading

Kana: しぎょう

Romaji: shigyō

Definition

noun

vs

1

start of work; commencement; opening

Kanji

始

Readings: シ、 はじ.める、 -はじ.める、 はじ.まる

Meanings: commence, begin

業

Readings: ギョウ、 ゴウ、 わざ

Meanings: business, vocation, arts, performance

Example Sentence

教室(きょうしつ)に入(はい)って席(せき)に着(つ)くのとほぼ同時(どうじ)に、始業(しぎょう)を知(し)らせるチャイムの音(おと)が鳴(な)り響(ひび)く。

➥About the same time as he entered the classroom and arrived at his seat, the chime to announce class rings across the school.