独占事業

Reading

Kana: どくせんじぎょう

Romaji: dokusenjigyō

Definition

noun

1

monopolistic enterprise; monopoly

Kanji

独

Readings: ドク、 トク、 ひと.り

Meanings: single, alone, spontaneously, Germany

占

Readings: セン、 し.める、 うらな.う

Meanings: fortune-telling, divining, forecasting, occupy, hold, have, get, take

事

Readings: ジ、 ズ、 こと、 つか.う、 つか.える

Meanings: matter, thing, fact, business, reason, possibly

業

Readings: ギョウ、 ゴウ、 わざ

Meanings: business, vocation, arts, performance

Example Sentence

郵政(ゆうせい)事業(じぎょう)は政府(せいふ)の独占(どくせん)事業(じぎょう)です。

➥Postal services are a government monopoly.