Refers to a professional carpenter, especially one who builds wooden structures such as houses and temples. Often implies traditional Japanese carpentry skills.
My father is a carpenter and builds houses.
この寺は腕のいい大工によって建てられた。
This temple was built by a skilled carpenter.
He followed in his father's footsteps and became a carpenter.
I asked a carpenter to repair the house.
We hired three carpenters to build the new shop.
He is very skilled as a carpenter.
cartwright; wheelwright
clumsy carpenter; rough carpenter