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工房 (こうぼう, koubou) Japanese meaning: workshop | Kotomora
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工こう
房ぼう
で
陶とう
器き
を
作つく
っ
て
いる
。
She makes pottery in a small workshop.
You can try glasswork at this studio.
Usage patterns 〈 人ひと 〉 が 工こう 房ぼう を 構かま える for someone to set up their own workshop
He set up a pottery workshop in the suburbs.
工こう 房ぼう で 〈 物もの 〉 を 作つく る to make something in a workshop
They make handmade furniture in this workshop.
工こう 房ぼう を 訪おとず れる to visit a workshop
Tourists visited the potter's workshop.
Kanji 工 craft, construction, katakana e radical (no. 48) Related words 工場 refers to a larger industrial factory or plant, while 工房 is a smaller, craft-oriented workshop or studio.
アトリエ is a French loanword used specifically for an artist's studio, while 工房 can refer to any kind of craft workshop.
作業場 is a plain, generic term for any workspace or worksite, while 工房 specifically suggests a place for skilled craft or artistic creation.
スタジオ is typically used for recording, film, or design studios, whereas 工房 leans toward hands-on craft or pottery-type work.
工房 suggests a small artisan's studio or craft workshop, whereas 製作所 is broader and can refer to an industrial manufacturing site as well.
Counted with For facilities and premises counted as locations.
A workshop/studio can also be counted by 軒 when viewed as a building, but 所 is the more general choice.
Etymology Compound of 工 (work, craft) and 房 (room, chamber). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the kanji combination naturally suggests a room or space for craftwork.
