工こう房ぼう

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

A place where skilled craftspeople or artists work, such as a pottery studio, glassblowing workshop, or small-scale manufacturing space. Often implies hands-on creation rather than a large factory.

彼かの女じょは小ちいさな工こう房ぼうで陶とう器きを作つくっている。
She makes pottery in a small workshop.
この工こう房ぼうではガラス細工ざいくの体たい験けんができる。
You can try glasswork at this studio.

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Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉が工こう房ぼうを構かまえるfor someone to set up their own workshop
彼かれは郊こう外がいに陶とう芸げいの工こう房ぼうを構かまえた。
He set up a pottery workshop in the suburbs.
工こう房ぼうで〈物もの〉を作つくるto make something in a workshop
この工こう房ぼうで手て作づくりの家か具ぐを作つくっています。
They make handmade furniture in this workshop.
工こう房ぼうを訪おとずれるto visit a workshop
観かん光こう客きゃくが陶とう芸げい家かの工こう房ぼうを訪おとずれた。
Tourists visited the potter's workshop.

Kanji

工craft, construction, katakana e radical (no. 48)
房tassel, tuft, fringe

Related words

工こう場じょうN5
工場 refers to a larger industrial factory or plant, while 工房 is a smaller, craft-oriented workshop or studio.
アトリエ
アトリエ is a French loanword used specifically for an artist's studio, while 工房 can refer to any kind of craft workshop.
作さ業ぎょう場ば
作業場 is a plain, generic term for any workspace or worksite, while 工房 specifically suggests a place for skilled craft or artistic creation.
スタジオN1
スタジオ is typically used for recording, film, or design studios, whereas 工房 leans toward hands-on craft or pottery-type work.
製せい作さく所しょ
工房 suggests a small artisan's studio or craft workshop, whereas 製作所 is broader and can refer to an industrial manufacturing site as well.

Counted with

所しょN2
For facilities and premises counted as locations.
軒けんN4
A workshop/studio can also be counted by 軒 when viewed as a building, but 所 is the more general choice.

Etymology

Compound of 工 (work, craft) and 房 (room, chamber). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the kanji combination naturally suggests a room or space for craftwork.