Illustration: On a compact residential building lot, a small excavator lifts the first scoop of soil from inside a foundation outline marked by stakes and taut string. Almost the entire enclosed ground remains smooth and untouched, with just one fresh opening beneath the bucket.

JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

着ちゃっ工こう

chakkou

to start construction

Example sentences

  1. そのビルの建設けんせつは来年らいねん着工ちゃっこうされます。

    The construction of the building will be started next year.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. また、予定よていされていた御影堂大修復ごえどうだいしゅうふくはこの問題もんだいにより着工ちゃっこうが遅おくれた。

    And the start of the scheduled, large-scale restoration of Goei-do Hall was delayed because of this problem.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 但ただし、着工ちゃっこう、開業時期かいぎょうじきなどは未定みてい。

    It has not been decided when the construction will begin or when the new station will open.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 着工

  • 着wear; arriveOnチャク・ジャクKunきる・きせる・つく
  • 工craft; constructionOnコウ・ク・グ

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