兼業

• 読み: けんぎょう
• ローマ字: kengyo
• 漢字の分解: 兼 (ken) — to hold concurrently, to double; 業 (gyō) — work, occupation, industry
• 発音: /keŋ.ɡʲoː/

意味

Side business; secondary occupation; holding multiple jobs simultaneously; moonlighting.

A noun describing the practice of engaging in a second occupation alongside one's primary job. Increasingly common in Japan's evolving labour market, where companies have begun permitting 兼業 as part of work-style reforms. Distinguished from 副業 (side job) primarily in formal register, with 兼業 appearing more in legal and corporate policy contexts.

例文

1. 近年、副業や兼業を認める企業が急速に増えている。
2. 農家が農閑期に建設業で働く兼業は地方では珍しくない。
3. 社員の兼業を許可する際には、利益相反の防止策が不可欠だ。

使い方ガイド

場面: labour law, corporate policy, work-style reform, agriculture

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

Compound of 兼 (kane/ken, to combine/to do two things at once) and 業 (gyō, work/occupation/industry). The character 兼 carries the core meaning of doing two things simultaneously.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: Working-age adults

社会的背景: General workforce