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建設工事 (けんせつこうじ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

建けん設せつ工こう事じ

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Meanings

1

construction work

Refers to building or civil engineering work, such as roads, bridges, or buildings.

この道どう路ろでは建けん設せつ工こう事じが行おこなわれている

。

Construction work is being carried out on this road.

建けん設せつ工こう事じの騒そう音おんがうるさい。

The noise from the construction work is annoying.

Kanji

建build
設establishment, provision, prepare
工craft, construction, katakana e radical (no. 48)
事matter, thing, fact

Related words

工こう事じ
A general term for construction or engineering work. 建設工事 specifically emphasizes building or civil engineering projects.
建けん設せつ
Means construction or building as an activity or industry. 建設工事 refers to the actual work or project.

Word family

建けん設せつ工こう事じ保ほ険けん
builder's risk insurance; construction insurance

Built from

建けん設せつ+工こう事じ

Etymology

Compound of 建設 (construction) and 工事 (engineering work).