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

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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.