ものづくり

noun

manufacturing; craftsmanship; making things

Broad term for the act or culture of making things, especially by hand or with skill. Often used in contexts of traditional crafts, industrial production, or hands-on creation.

• 日本にほんのものづくりは世せ界かいから高たかく評ひょう価かされている。

  Japanese craftsmanship is highly regarded around the world.

• 彼かれは子こ供どもの頃ころからものづくりが好すきだった。

  He has loved making things since he was a child.

noun

making New Year's decorations

Only with reading ものつくり

Specific seasonal activity of crafting traditional decorations for the New Year. Restricted to the reading ものつくり.

• 年ねん末まつになると、家か族ぞくでものつくりをして過すごす。

  At the end of the year, the family spends time making New Year's decorations together.

noun

preparing fields; farming; farmer

Only with reading ものつくり

Archaic term for agricultural work or a farmer. Restricted to the reading ものつくり. Not used in modern Japanese.

• 古こ文もん書じょには、ものつくりとして田た畑はたを耕たがやす人ひと々びとの記き述じゅつがある。

  In old documents, there are descriptions of people tilling the fields as farmers.