木もく匠しょう

noun

carpenter; woodworker

Formal or literary term for a carpenter, especially a master woodworker. In everyday speech, 大工 (だいく) is more common.

See also: 大工

• その神じん社じゃは名な高だかい木もく匠しょうによって建たてられた。

  That shrine was built by a renowned master carpenter.

• 彼かれは代だい々だいの木もく匠しょうの家か系けいに生うまれた。

  He was born into a family of carpenters going back generations.