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    3. 細工

    細工

    細さい工く

    work

    N1KMT6News #14+1CoreNoun, Participle, Verb, TransitiveArt & DesignKanji Vocab14 strokes

    さいく

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Transitive

    1.
    work, workmanship, craftsmanship, handiwork
    2.
    artifice, trick, device, tampering, doctoring

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    この箱はこは細こまかい細さい工くが施ほどこされています。

    This box has intricate craftsmanship.

    KMT5Art & Design
    彼かれは木きで美うつくしい細さい工くを作つくります。

    He makes beautiful crafts out of wood.

    KMT6Art & Design
    京きょう都とには伝でん統とう的てきな金きん細ざい工くの職しょく人にんが多おおくいます。

    There are many traditional gold craftsmanship artisans in Kyoto.

    KMT6Art & DesignCulture & Traditions
    その事じ件けんは、巧こう妙みょうな細さい工くが施ほどこされた詐さ欺ぎだった。

    That incident was a cleverly devised fraud.

    KMT7Politics & LawEmotions & Psychology
    この時と計けいの内ない部ぶの細さい工くは、まさに芸げい術じゅつ品ひんだ。

    The intricate work inside this watch is truly a work of art.

    KMT7Art & DesignTechnology

    Kanji that make up this word

    細
    ほそ.い・ほそ.る・こま.か・こま.かい…(1)
    dainty・get thin・taper・slender・narrow…(2)
    工
    craft・construction・katakana e radical (no. 48)
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