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工夫
くふう
N2
noun
transitive 他動詞
Meanings
1
device
2
artifice
3
ingenuity
4
devising (a way)
5
contriving
6
inventing
7
design
8
idea
Example sentence
これは私が工夫した計画です。
This is a plan of my own devising.
Your sentences
Mine a sentence — saw 工夫 in the wild?
Kanji in this word
工
Craft, Construction, Katakana E Radical (no. 48)
3 strokes
夫
Husband, Man
4 strokes
More words with
工
工事
こうじ ·
construction work
N2
工場
こうじょう ·
factory
N4
工場
こうば ·
factory
N3
工業
こうぎょう ·
(manufacturing) industry
N4
工作
こうさく ·
Full entry on Jisho
handicraft
N1
人工
じんこう ·
artificial
N3
加工
かこう ·
manufacturing
N1
工学
こうがく ·
engineering
N1
More words with
夫
夫人
ふじん ·
wife
N3
夫
おっと ·
husband
N4
夫婦
ふうふ ·
married couple
N3
夫妻
ふさい ·
man and wife
N2
大丈夫
だいじょうぶ ·
It's ok (all right)
N5
丈夫
じょうぶ ·
strong
N5
義太夫
ぎだゆう ·
gidayū (type of reciting used in the puppet theater)
老夫婦
ろうふうふ ·
old couple
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