Illustration: Inside a compact metalworking workshop on a Japanese residential side street, two workers produce identical small fittings. One operates an enclosed lathe while another checks a finished piece with calipers at a sturdy bench.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

工こう場ば

kouba

factory, workshop

こうば often suggests a small factory; こうじょう is also common. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

彼かれは工場こうばで働はたらいている。
He works in a factory.
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工場こうばの閉鎖へいさが決きまった。
They decided to shut down the factory.
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彼かれらは工場こうばで働はたらいた。
They labored in the factories.
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Kanji in 工場

工craft; constructionOnコウ・ク・グ
場location; placeOnジョウ・チョウKunば

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