also: ものつくり
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.
Japanese craftsmanship is highly regarded around the world.
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.
At the end of the year, the family spends time making New Year's decorations together.
He has loved making things since he was a child.
In old documents, there are descriptions of people tilling the fields as farmers.
Kana spelling is standard for the general sense of manufacturing/craftsmanship. It is usually written in kana.
Kanji spelling sometimes seen in formal or traditional contexts, but kana is more common.
Alternate reading used for the specific senses of making New Year's decorations and archaic farming.
Rare kanji variant using 造; not commonly used.
Compound of もの (thing) and つくり (making), the nominalized form of つくる (to make). The voiced reading づくり is a result of rendaku.