Illustration: In a small Japanese home's covered work area, a parent and child assemble a wooden birdhouse. The parent uses a hammer to drive a nail while the child steadies the wood well away from the striking point.

JLPT N4nounLevel estimated by Bebop

道どう具ぐ

dougu

tool, utensil

Example sentences

  1. この道具どうぐはなんの役やくにもたたない。

    This tool is good for nothing.

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  2. 道具どうぐを粗末そまつに使つかうな。

    Don’t handle these tools roughly.

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  3. 箱はこの中なかに沢山たくさんの道具どうぐがある。

    There are a lot of tools in the box.

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Kanji in 道具

  • 道road-way; streetOnドウ・トウKunみち・いう
  • 具tool; utensilOnグKunそなえる・つぶさに

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