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ツーバイフォー工法 (ツーバイフォーこうほう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

ツーバイフォー工こう法ほう

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Meanings

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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

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られ

て

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ます

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This house was built using the 2x4 construction method.

Written forms

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

Kanji

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

Similar 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.

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.