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    3. 工夫を凝らす

    工夫を凝らす

    工く夫ふうを​凝こら​す​

    to exercise one's ingenuity

    NTVerbDaily LifeKanji Vocab30 strokes

    くふうをこらす

    Verb

    1.
    to exercise one's ingenuity, to come up with an ingenious plan

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    Characters that make up this word

    工
    craft・construction・katakana e radical (no. 48)
    Kanji
    夫
    おっと・それ…(7)
    husband・man
    Kanji
    凝
    こ.る・こ.らす・こご.らす・こご.らせる・こご.る…(1)
    congeal・freeze・stiff・be absorbed in
    Kanji
    を
    wo
    Kana
    ら
    ra
    Kana
    す
    su
    Kana
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