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工夫 (くふう) — device | JLPT N2 · Nihongo Circle

工夫

くふう

N2

nountransitive 他動詞

Meanings

1device
2artifice
3ingenuity
4devising (a way)
5contriving
6inventing
7design
8idea

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Kanji in this word

工Craft, Construction, Katakana E Radical (no. 48)3 strokes 夫Husband, Man4 strokes

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