Illustration: In a small Japanese bamboo workshop, an artisan sits at a low workbench, weaving narrow strips into a rounded basket with a precise repeating pattern. Prepared lengths of bamboo, a trimming knife and several unfinished rims lie within reach.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

工こう芸げい

kougei

crafts

Example sentences

  1. 腕うでのいい工芸こうげい師しは自分じぶんの作品さくひんに誇ほこりを持もっている。

    A good craftsman takes pride in his work.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 彼かれは美術びじゅつ工芸こうげいを学校がっこうで教おしえている。

    He teaches arts and crafts in a school.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 室内しつないには絵画かいがや工芸こうげい品ひんなどの展示てんじが行おこなわれる。

    Inside the rooms, there is a display of paintings and other works of art.

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

Kanji in 工芸

  • 工craft; constructionOnコウ・ク・グ
  • 芸technique; artOnゲイ・ウンKunうえる・のり・わざ

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