Illustration: Inside a small bamboo workshop, a craftsperson shapes a rough bamboo section into a smooth handle using a secured bench tool. Nearby, the material’s stages remain plainly visible: an intact culm, cut sections, split blanks, and finished handles with neatly drilled holes.

JLPT N2suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

加か工こう

kakou

to process

Example sentences

  1. イチゴは加工かこうされてジャムになります。

    Strawberries are made into jam.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. アイロンをかけるのが苦手にがてだから永久えいきゅうプレス加工かこうの服ふくを買かう。

    I’m hopeless at ironing so I buy permanent press clothes.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 牛乳ぎゅうにゅうは加工かこうされてバターやチーズになる。

    Milk is made into butter and cheese.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 加工

  • 加add; additionOnカKunくわえる・くわわる
  • 工craft; constructionOnコウ・ク・グ

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