土ど工こう

noun

earthwork; earthworks

Refers to construction work involving moving or shaping earth, such as digging, filling, or grading.

• この道どう路ろの土ど工こうは来らい月げつ始はじまる予よ定ていだ。

  The earthwork for this road is scheduled to start next month.

noun

laborer; construction worker; navvy

Only when written 土工

A manual worker who does earthwork or general construction labor. The term can be considered sensitive or dated; modern usage often prefers 土木作業員 or similar.

• 祖そ父ふは若わかい頃ころ、土ど工こうとして鉄てつ道どう建けん設せつに携たずさわった。

  My grandfather worked as a navvy on railway construction when he was young.