Common word› JLPT N3 › Freq. Frequency Top 2,000 Conjugation 工事する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 工こう 事じ する 工こう 事じ しない Polite 工こう 事じ します 工こう 事じ しません Past polite 工こう 事じ しました 工こう 事じ しませんでした Past 工こう 事じ した 工こう 事じ しなかった Te-form 工こう 事じ して 工こう 事じ しないで Desire 工こう 事じ したい 工こう 事じ したくない Potential 工こう 事じ できる 工こう 事じ できない Passive 工こう 事じ される 工こう 事じ されない Causative 工こう 事じ させる 工こう 事じ させない Causative passive 工こう 事じ させられる 工こう 事じ させられない Volitional 工こう 事じ しよう Polite volitional 工こう 事じ しましょう Imperative 工こう 事じ しろ 工こう 事じ するな Conditional 工こう 事じ すれば 工こう 事じ しなければ Tara conditional 工こう 事じ したら 工こう 事じ しなかったら
Usage patterns 〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 で 工こう 事じ をする to carry out construction work at a place
There's construction going on on this road, so please take a detour.
工こう 事じ が 始はじ まる ／ 終お わる for construction work to begin/finish
The construction in front of the station is scheduled to finish next month.
〈 物もの 〉 の 工こう 事じ をする to carry out construction work on something
The water has been shut off because of water-pipe construction work.
〈 人ひと 〉 に 工こう 事じ を 頼たの む to hire someone to do construction work
We asked a carpenter to do the construction work to fix the roof.
工こう 事じ の 音おと がうるさい the noise of construction work is loud
The noise from the construction work next door is so loud I can't sleep.
Expressions 工こう 事じ を 進すす める advance construction; proceed with construction Kanji 工 craft, construction, katakana e radical (no. 48) Related words 建設 emphasizes the overall act of building or establishing something large (like a structure or organization), while 工事 refers to the concrete construction work or project itself, such as roadworks.
施工 is a more technical, business term for carrying out construction according to a plan, whereas 工事 is the everyday word for the construction work itself.
作業 is a general word for any task or operation, not limited to building, while 工事 specifically means construction or civil-engineering work.
工事 refers to the physical work or operations at a construction site, whereas 建築 refers to the field, act, or style of building.
工事 refers specifically to construction or installation work like roads and buildings, whereas 工作 is broader and can also mean simple handicraft or covert maneuvering.
Don't confuse with 公示 (public notice, announcement) is pronounced identically to 工事 (construction work) but has a completely unrelated meaning, so context determines which is meant.
工事 means 'construction work' as a plain noun, while 工事中 describes something that is currently under construction and is used as a no-adjective.
工事 is the actual construction work or project being carried out, while 工法 is the specific method or technique used to carry it out.
Counted with 工事 can be counted with 件 as individual construction projects or cases (工事 1件 , 2件 ), depending on context.
Used to count construction sites/locations, as in 工事箇所 (kōji kasho).
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public works; civil engineering works
foundation work; foundation construction
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Etymology Compound of 工 (work, craft) and 事 (matter, affair). The combination has been used since at least the Meiji period to refer to construction and engineering works.
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