製せい鉄てつ所じょ

also: せいてつしょ

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Meanings

1

ironworks; steelworks

Refers to a factory where iron or steel is produced from raw materials.

この地ち域いきには大おおきな製せい鉄てつ所じょがある。
There is a large steelworks in this area.

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Usage patterns

製せい鉄てつ所じょで働はたらくto work at an ironworks/steelworks
彼かれは長なが年ねん、地じ元もとの製せい鉄てつ所じょで働はたらいている。
He has worked at the local steelworks for many years.
製せい鉄てつ所じょを建けん設せつするto build/construct an ironworks
この地ち域いきに新あたらしい製せい鉄てつ所じょを建けん設せつする計けい画かくがある。
There is a plan to build a new steelworks in this area.
製せい鉄てつ所じょが操そう業ぎょうするfor an ironworks to be in operation
その製せい鉄てつ所じょは1950年ねん代だいからずっと操そう業ぎょうしている。
That steelworks has been in operation since the 1950s.

Kanji

製made in..., manufacture
鉄iron
所place, extent

Related words

製せい鋼こう所じょ
製鋼所 specifically refers to a plant that produces steel (鋼), while 製鉄所 more broadly covers iron and steel production facilities.
鉄てっ工こう所じょ
鉄工所 usually means a smaller ironworking or metalworking shop, whereas 製鉄所 is a large-scale industrial plant that smelts iron ore into steel.
工こう場じょうN5
工場 is the general word for any factory, while 製鉄所 names specifically a factory that makes iron or steel.

Don't confuse with

製せい鉄てつN1
製鉄 refers to the process or industry of iron manufacturing, while 製鉄所 is the actual physical plant where that manufacturing takes place.

Built from

製せい鉄てつ+所しょ

Written forms

製鉄所
- せいてつじょ
  Standard kanji spelling; the reading せいてつじょ is the most common.
- せいてつしょ
  Alternate reading; less common than せいてつじょ.
せいてつしょ

Etymology

Compound of 製鉄 (iron manufacturing) + 所 (place).