also: きょうどうさぎょうじょ
welfare workshop; collaborative workshop
A facility where people with disabilities or other community members engage in light work or vocational training, often under social welfare programs. The term can also refer to a general collaborative workspace.
彼女は共同作業所で手工芸品を作っている。
She makes handicrafts at the welfare workshop.
地域の共同作業所が新しいプロジェクトを始めた。
The local collaborative workshop started a new project.
A general workshop or workplace. 共同作業所 specifically emphasizes the collaborative or welfare aspect.
A more specific term for a welfare workshop, often used interchangeably with 共同作業所 in social welfare contexts.
Standard kanji spelling. The reading きょうどうさぎょうしょ is the most common pronunciation.
Alternate reading with じょ instead of しょ. Less common but still encountered.
Compound of 共同 (kyōdō, 'joint, collaborative') and 作業所 (sagyōsho, 'workshop'). The term emerged in the context of social welfare and community work programs.