工こうこうFreq.FrequencyTop 5,000Meanings1noun, used as a suffix(factory) workerSuffix attached to nouns indicating a type of worker, especially in industrial or manual contexts.彼かれは自じ動どう車しゃ工こう場じょうの工こうとして働はたらいている。He works as a factory worker at an automobile plant.この町まちには多おおくの鉄てっ工こうが住すんでいる。Many ironworkers live in this town.