Moto 工夫 (くふう)devising (a way); contriving; figuring out
- devising (a way); contriving; figuring outnoun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru
- device; design; ideanoun (common) (futsuumeishi)
- dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)noun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru
Kanji in 工夫
- 工Craft; Construction; Katakana E Radical (no. 48)Read with its on'yomi here · JLPT N4
- 夫Husband; ManRead with its on'yomi here · JLPT N3
Words that share its kanji
- 工場こうじょうfactory; plant
- 工事こうじconstruction work
- 工業こうぎょう(manufacturing) industry
- 工作こうさくhandicraft
- 人工じんこうartificial; man-made
- 加工かこうmanufacturing; processing
- 工学こうがくengineering
- 商工しょうこうcommerce and industry
- 夫おっとhusband
- 夫人ふじんwife; Mrs
- 夫婦ふうふmarried couple; husband and wife
- 夫妻ふさいhusband and wife; married couple
- 大丈夫だいじょうぶsafe; secure
- 丈夫じょうぶhealthy; robust
- 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; elderly couple
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