Illustration: At a low table in a Japanese living room, a child assembles a small cardboard bus from a repurposed carton. One hand holds a circular cardboard wheel against a wooden axle while the other guides it into place. Cut scraps, safe scissors, glue, and spare bottle caps make the process visible.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

工こう作さく

kousaku

handicraft

Example sentences

彼かれは工作こうさくに熟練じゅくれんしている。
He is skilled in handicraft.
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彼かれは工作こうさくがうまい。
He has skill in handwork.
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自由じゆう工作こうさくって好すき？
Do you like arts and crafts?
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Kanji in 工作

工craft; constructionOnコウ・ク・グ
作make; productionOnサク・サKunつくる・つくり

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