Illustration: At a compact Japanese woodworking bench, a craftsperson uses fine tweezers to fit the final sliver of wood into a delicate geometric lattice ornament.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

細さい工く

saiku

craftsmanship, handiwork

In compounds such as 木工細工, 細工 is read ざいく. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれらの最高さいこうの技術ぎじゅつは木工もっこう細工ざいくに見みられた。

    Their highest skill was woodworking.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 江戸えどでは飴職人あめしょくにんが細工さいくをした飴あめを街まちに出でて売うり歩あるき、細工さいくの技術ぎじゅつと種類しゅるいが増ふえた。

    In Edo candy craftsmen made candy and walked around selling the products, and the techniques and varieties of amezaiku increased.

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

  3. 高級こうきゅうな物ものでは、親骨おやぼねに装飾そうしょくとして漆塗うるしぬりや蒔絵まきえなどの細工さいくが施ほどこされている。

    Oyabone of expensive or fancy products are decorated with lacquer or gold-lacquer craft.

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

Kanji in 細工

  • 細dainty; get thinOnサイKunほそい・ほそる・こまか
  • 工craft; constructionOnコウ・ク・グ

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