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    3. 金工

    金工

    金きん工こう

    metalwork

    KMT10News #45+1NounArt & DesignKanji Vocab11 strokes

    きんこう

    Noun

    1.
    metalwork, metalsmith, goldsmith

    Stroke 0 / 11

    Speed1.0x

    彼かれは金きん工こうの技ぎ術じゅつを学まなんでいる。

    He is learning metalwork techniques.

    KMT8Art & DesignEducation
    この美び術じゅつ館かんには、江え戸ど時じ代だいの素す晴ばらしい金きん工こう品ひんが展てん示じされている。

    This museum exhibits wonderful metalwork pieces from the Edo period.

    KMT10Art & DesignHistory
    伝でん統とう的てきな金きん工こうの技わざは、熟じゅく練れんした職しょく人にんによって代だい々だ受いうけ継つがれてきた。

    Traditional metalworking techniques have been passed down through generations by skilled artisans.

    KMT10Art & DesignCulture & Traditions
    日に本ほん刀とうの鍔つばはきんこうのすいをあ(つば)は、金げい工じゅの粋つひを集んめた芸 術 品 だ。

    The tsuba (sword guard) of a Japanese sword is a work of art that embodies the essence of metalwork.

    KMT10Art & DesignCulture & Traditions
    現げん代だいの金きん工こう家かは、銅どうや銀ぎんだけでなく、様さま々ざまな素そ材ざいを使つかって新あたらしい表ひょう現げんを追つい求きゅうしている。

    Contemporary metalsmiths are pursuing new expressions using not only copper and silver but also various other materials.

    KMT10Art & DesignTechnology

    Kanji that make up this word

    金
    かね・かな-・-がね…(8)
    gold
    工
    craft・construction・katakana e radical (no. 48)
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