ツーバイフォー工こう法ほう

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Meanings

noun

wood frame construction; 2x4 construction method

Refers specifically to the North American-style platform framing method using 2x4 inch lumber, widely adopted in Japan.

ツーバイフォー工こう法ほうは、日本にほんでも住じゅう宅たく建けん築ちくに広ひろく使つかわれている。
The 2x4 construction method is widely used in house building in Japan as well.
この家いえはツーバイフォー工こう法ほうで建たてられています。
This house was built using the 2x4 construction method.

Kanji

工craft, construction, katakana e radical (no. 48)
法method, law, rule

Related words

在ざい来らい工こう法ほう
Traditional Japanese post-and-beam construction method, contrasting with the imported 2x4 platform framing.
木もく造ぞう軸じく組ぐみ工こう法ほう
Another term for traditional Japanese wooden frame construction, distinct from the 2x4 method.

Built from

ツーバイフォー+工こう法ほう

Written forms

ツーバイフォー工こう法ほう
Standard katakana-kanji spelling for the construction method.
２つ×４ーばいふぉー工こう法ほう
Numeric symbol spelling; common in technical contexts but may be less familiar to general readers.

Etymology

From English 'two-by-four' (2x4) plus 工法 (construction method). The term was adopted into Japanese as the North American wood-frame building technique became popular.