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    3. 工夫

    工夫

    工く夫ふう

    devising (a way)

    N2KMT3News #5+1CoreDaily LifeKanji Vocab7 strokes

    功夫

    くふう

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Transitive

    1.
    devising (a way), contriving, inventing, thinking up, figuring out, coming up with, working out

    Noun

    2.
    device, design, idea, plan, invention

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Transitive

    3.
    dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)

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    彼かれは新あたらしい工く夫ふうをしました。

    He came up with a new idea/device.

    KMT3Core Concepts
    もっと効こう率りつ的てきな方ほう法ほうを工く夫ふうしましょう。

    Let's devise a more efficient method.

    KMT3Daily LifeWork & Career
    毎まい日にちの料りょう理りにちょっとした工く夫ふうを加くわえるのが好すきです。

    I like to add a little ingenuity to my daily cooking.

    KMT3Daily LifeFood & Dining
    子こ供どもたちが楽たのしく学まなべるように、先せん生せいは授じゅ業ぎょうに工く夫ふうを凝こらしています。

    The teacher is devising various ways to make lessons enjoyable for children.

    KMT4EducationDaily Life
    限かぎられた予よ算さんの中なかで、彼かれは様さま々ざまな工く夫ふうを凝こらしてプロジェクトを成せい功こうさせた。

    Within a limited budget, he made various contrivances and succeeded in the project.

    KMT5Work & CareerBusiness & Finance

    Kanji that make up this word

    工
    craft・construction・katakana e radical (no. 48)
    夫
    おっと・それ…(7)
    husband・man
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