施せ工こう

also: しこう

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施工する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	施せ工こうする	施せ工こうしない
Polite	施せ工こうします	施せ工こうしません
Past polite	施せ工こうしました	施せ工こうしませんでした
Past	施せ工こうした	施せ工こうしなかった
Te-form	施せ工こうして	施せ工こうしないで
Desire	施せ工こうしたい	施せ工こうしたくない
Potential	施せ工こうできる	施せ工こうできない
Passive	施せ工こうされる	施せ工こうされない
Causative	施せ工こうさせる	施せ工こうさせない
Causative passive	施せ工こうさせられる	施せ工こうさせられない
Volitional	施せ工こうしよう
Polite volitional	施せ工こうしましょう
Imperative	施せ工こうしろ	施せ工こうするな
Conditional	施せ工こうすれば	施せ工こうしなければ
Tara conditional	施せ工こうしたら	施せ工こうしなかったら

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, intransitive verb

construction; execution; carrying out

Refers to the actual execution of construction or engineering work, as opposed to design or planning. Often used in technical and business contexts.

新あたらしい橋はしの施せ工こうは来らい月げつ始はじまる。
Construction of the new bridge will begin next month.
この工こう事じは施せ工こうが難むずかしい。
This construction work is difficult to execute.

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Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉が〈物もの〉を施せ工こうするfor a contractor to carry out construction of something
この建たて物ものは大おお手てゼネコンが施せ工こうした。
This building was constructed by a major general contractor.
工こう事じを施せ工こうするto carry out construction work
来らい月げつからこの区く間かんの工こう事じを施せ工こうする予よ定ていです。
Construction work on this section is scheduled to be carried out starting next month.
〈場ば所しょ〉で施せ工こうするto carry out construction at a location
この道どう路ろは狭せまい山やま道みちで施せ工こうするため、時じ間かんがかかる。
Because this road is being constructed on a narrow mountain path, it is taking a lot of time.

Kanji

施give, bestow, perform
工craft, construction, katakana e radical (no. 48)

Transitive / intransitive

施工 can be used both transitively, as in 会社がビルを施工する (a company constructs a building), and intransitively, as in 来月から施工する (construction begins next month), depending on whether an object is expressed.

Related words

工こう事じN3
工事 is the general word for construction work or a construction project, while 施工 specifically emphasizes the act of carrying out that work.
建けん設せつN3
建設 covers the whole process of building something including planning and design, whereas 施工 refers narrowly to the physical execution stage.

Opposites

設せっ計けいN3
設計 is the design/planning stage of a project, while 施工 is the actual physical execution of that plan.

Don't confuse with

施し行こうN1
施工 (also read せこう) means carrying out construction work, while 施行 (also read せこう/しこう) means putting a law or system into effect; they sound identical but refer to very different kinds of 'carrying out'.
工こう法ほう
施工 refers to the act of executing or implementing construction, whereas 工法 refers to the particular technique employed during that execution.

Written forms

施工Usage100%
- せこう
  Standard kanji form; the reading せこう is the most common.
- しこう
  Rare alternate reading; せこう is strongly preferred in modern Japanese.
しこう

Etymology

Compound of 施 (せ, 'carry out') and 工 (こう, 'construction'). The reading せこう is the standard Sino-Japanese on'yomi combination.