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紡績 (bouseki) Japanese meaning: spinning (textiles) | Kotomora

紡ぼう績せき

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Common word›JLPTN1›Freq.FrequencyTop 100,000

Meanings

1

spinning (textiles)

Refers to the industrial process of twisting fibers into yarn or thread. Common in technical and business contexts.

この工こう場じょうでは綿めんの紡ぼう績せきを行おこなっている。

This factory carries out cotton spinning.

2

abbreviation

Abbreviation of 紡績糸 (spun yarn). Used mainly in textile industry shorthand.

See also: 紡績糸

紡ぼう績せきは紡ぼう績せき糸しの略りゃく称しょうとして使つかわれることがある。
紡績 is sometimes used as an abbreviation for 紡績糸 (spun yarn).

Usage patterns

〈物もの〉を紡ぼう績せきするto spin (a fiber) into yarn
この工こう場じょうでは綿わたを紡ぼう績せきして糸いとにしている。
This factory spins cotton into thread.
紡ぼう績せき業ぎょうに従じゅう事じするto work in the spinning industry
彼かれは長なが年ねん紡ぼう績せき業ぎょうに従じゅう事じしてきた。
He has worked in the spinning industry for many years.

Kanji

紡spinning
績exploits, achievements, unreeling cocoons

Related words

製せい糸し sense 1
紡績 refers to spinning fibers (esp. cotton, wool) into yarn, while 製糸 specifically means reeling silk cocoons into thread.
紡ぼう織しょく
紡績 refers only to spinning thread, while 紡織 covers both spinning and weaving cloth.

Don't confuse with

紡ぼう織しょく sense 1
紡績 is only the spinning stage of textile production, whereas 紡織 covers both spinning and weaving together.
紡ぼう績せき糸いと sense 2
紡績糸 always means the finished spun yarn itself, while 紡績 usually refers to the spinning process (sense 2 of 紡績 is just an abbreviation of 紡績糸).
縫ほう製せい
紡績 is spinning fiber into thread or yarn, while 縫製 is the later step of sewing finished fabric into garments.

Word family· 9

紡ぼう績せき工こう
spinner; spinning mill worker
紡ぼう績せき機き
spinning machine; spinner; jenny
紡ぼう績せき糸いと
spun yarn
紡ぼう績せき工こう場じょう
spinning mill; cotton mill

Etymology

Compound of 紡 (spinning) and 績 (spinning thread). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the kanji combination has long been associated with textile spinning.

混こん紡ぼう

紡績 is the general process of spinning fiber into yarn, whereas 混紡 specifically means spinning a blend of two or more different fibers together.

紡ぼう績せき機き械かい

spinning machine; spinning machinery

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紡ぼう績せき突とっ起き
spinneret (of a spider)
紡ぼう績せき絹けん糸し
spun silk; spun silk yarn; schappe
絹けん糸し紡ぼう績せき
silk spinning
ジェニー紡ぼう績せき機き
spinning jenny