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工場 (こうじょう, koujou) Japanese meaning: factory | Kotomora
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This factory produces automobile parts.
My grandfather made furniture in a small workshop.
Usage patterns 〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 で 働はたら く to work at a factory
My father works at a car factory.
工こう 場じょう を 建た てる to build a factory
The company plans to build a new factory.
工こう 場じょう が 稼か 働どう する for a factory to be in operation
This factory operates twenty-four hours a day.
工こう 場じょう を 見けん 学がく する to tour a factory
The elementary school students toured a bread factory.
工こう 場じょう で 〈 物もの 〉 を 生せい 産さん する to produce something at a factory
This factory produces a thousand cars every day.
Kanji 工 craft, construction, katakana e radical (no. 48) Related words 工房 refers to a small artisan's or craftsman's studio for creative work, while 工場 usually means a larger industrial facility for mass production.
製作所 is a formal, often company-name term for a manufacturing plant, whereas 工場 is the everyday general word for a factory.
プラント is a loanword used for large industrial plants (e.g. chemical or power plants), while 工場 is the broader, native term covering any factory size.
工場 is the everyday, native Japanese word for a factory, while ファクトリー is a loanword often used for branding or a modern, stylish feel.
工場 is the general word for any factory, while 製鉄所 names specifically a factory that makes iron or steel.
Don't confuse with 職場 means one's workplace in general (an office, shop, or factory), while 工場 specifically denotes a manufacturing facility.
農場 is a farm for raising crops or livestock, whereas 工場 is a factory for manufacturing goods; learners sometimes mix up the shared 場 kanji.
Counted with Used when counting factories as buildings.
For facilities and premises counted as locations.
Counts whole buildings; the formal reading used in official contexts like real-estate listings and hospitals.
Etymology Compound of 工 (work, craft) and 場 (place). The reading こうじょう is the standard on'yomi, while こうば uses the kun'yomi for 場 and is an older, more traditional reading.
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