Family business

Japanese: 家業 - かぎょう

〘noun〙① Family property. Family property. ※Shoku Nihongi - Yoro 4th year (720) March Kinshi "The common servants _and poor peasants each had _{their own} family _business . (Omitted) They traveled to _other _places , accumulated time, _{_{_{and returned home}}} . Among them, _{there were} those who _regretted _losing their family business, _but _instead preserved _it _. " [Han Shu - Yang _Wangsun Biography] ② Unique skills and talents in martial arts, performing arts, scholarship, etc. that are passed down hereditarily within a family. ※Suga Family Essays (around 900) 2. After writing a poem in advance and feeling resentful, Suga again wrote two long poems: "The family business _{is taxed as} a yearly rent, and poetry is given. The desire _{for fields} is so great that the words of the people are spoken." ※Taiheiki (late 14th century) 12 "Among them, the Chief Captain of Chikusa, Tadaaki Ason , (Omitted) should have been devoted to the art of writing as his family business." [Liezi - Tenzui] ③ Family occupation. ※Ukiyo-zoshi, Nihon Eitaigura (1688), vol. 5: "Individuals should not pursue their family business and become too interested in the arts." ※Trade Questions and Answers (1869) by Hiroyuki Kato, vol. 1: "One man made his family business building houses, and now another man makes his family business making clothes . " 4. Work that should be done by those who belong to the Buddhist sect. Refers to asceticism and study. [Kuka Nichiyo Koujou Rakushu - September 11, 1378]

Family business

〘 noun 〙 A profession that provides a family with a living. Also, a profession that has been passed down for generations. Occupation. Kagyo. ※Konjaku (around 1120) 1 "However, there was no one in my family who became a monk , and they only worked for the family business ."

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Japanese:

〘名〙① 家の財産。一家の財産。※続日本紀‐養老四年（720）三月己巳「庶使_三貧乏百姓、各存_二家業_一。〈略〉渉_二歴他郷_一積_レ歳忘_レ帰。其中縦有_三悔_レ過還_二本貫_一者、縁_二其家業散失_一、無_レ由_二存済_一」〔漢書‐楊王孫伝〕② 一族が世襲的に継承していく、武芸、芸能、学問などの固有の技術や才能。※菅家文草（900頃）二・予作詩情怨之後、再得菅著作長句二篇「家業年租本課_レ詩、情田欲_レ倦莠言滋」※太平記（１４Ｃ後）一二「中にも千種の頭の中将忠顕朝臣は〈略〉文字の道をこそ家業(カゲウ)とも嗜まるべかりしに」〔列子‐天瑞〕③ 家の職業。※浮世草子・日本永代蔵（1688）五「銘々家業(カゲウ)を外になして諸芸ふかく好める事なかれ」※交易問答（1869）〈加藤弘之〉上「壱人は家を建るのを家業とし、今壱人は衣服を製(こしら)へるのを家業にする」④ 法門に属する者がなすべき仕事。修道、修学をいう。〔空華日用工夫略集‐永和四年（1378）九月一一日〕