工こう具ぐ

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Meanings

General term for hand tools, workshop implements, and mechanical tools. Often used in technical, industrial, and DIY contexts.

この工こう具ぐを使つかえば、簡かん単たんにネジを外はずせます。
You can easily remove the screw with this tool.
工こう具ぐをきちんと整せい理りしておいてください。
Please keep the tools neatly organized.

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Usage patterns

〈物もの〉工こう具ぐを使つかうto use a tool (to work on something)
大だい工くは工こう具ぐを使つかって家いえを建たてる。
Carpenters use tools to build houses.
工こう具ぐを揃そろえるto assemble/gather a set of tools
修しゅう理りのために必ひつ要ような工こう具ぐを揃そろえた。
I gathered the tools needed for the repair.
〈物もの〉を工こう具ぐで修しゅう理りするto repair something using tools
自じ転てん車しゃを工こう具ぐで修しゅう理りした。
I repaired the bicycle using tools.

Kanji

工craft, construction, katakana e radical (no. 48)
具tool, utensil, means

Related words

道どう具ぐN4
道具 is a broad, everyday word covering any kind of tool or utensil, while 工具 specifically refers to mechanical or workshop tools like wrenches and drills.
器き具ぐN2
器具 refers to devices, appliances, or apparatus (often technical or medical), whereas 工具 is specifically for hand-operated or mechanical workshop tools.

Don't confuse with

工こう作さく機き械かい
工具 refers to hand tools or small implements, whereas 工作機械 refers to large, powered industrial machines like lathes and milling machines.

Counted with

個こN5
The all-purpose counter for small discrete objects, used when no more specific counter applies.
揃そろえ
Counts matched sets — tableware, tools, bedding, clothing.

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木もっ工こう工こう具ぐ
woodworking tool
機き械かい工こう具ぐ
machine operation and maintenance tools · machine tool; power tool; cutting tool · machines and tools
精せい密みつ工こう具ぐ
precision tool
電でん動どう工こう具ぐ
power tool; electric tool

Etymology

Compound of 工 (work, craft) and 具 (tool, implement). The word has been used since at least the Meiji period to refer to mechanical and workshop tools.