Keyword
construction
Info
FrequencyTop 600-700
Type
Kyōiku (2nd grade) 
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KankenLevel 9
Heisig80
Readings
こう
(78%)
く
(17%)
ぐ
(1%)
Mnemonic

A pictograph of a steel I-beam used during construction.

Used in kanji (31 in total)
empty air
attack
difference
fear
Used in vocabulary (947 in total)
devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
factory; plant; mill; workshop
construction work
Examples (200 in total)
This park was built on the site of a former factory.
This factory produces a thousand cars a day.
I went to the factory as usual.
The factory isn't going to shut down, is it?
That is valuable in its own right, but the processing is labor-intensive.
However, a problem occurred at the processing plant.
It is easy to process, but at the same time, it is easily crushed.
It has a treatment that makes it absolutely non-slip.
You edited the image, didn't you?
It seems to be a facility for storing souvenirs, rather than a full-fledged factory.
This factory ships out lots of cars every day.
This is an artificial sound.
All the artificial light went out.
Almost no artificial light is visible.
The residents spoke out against the construction of the factory.
The residents rose up against the construction of the factory.
The car that just passed by must have headed toward the former construction office site.
However, it is expected to be a considerable construction project.
It's too late to stop the construction work now, you know?
The machines used for construction work are stored away.
The construction will be finished in three days at the longest.
I came up with a little twist on the batter for the bento.
I worked out ways to make it taste as good as possible.
I know you're putting thought into it.
We have no choice but to figure out a way to make it work.
Some clever touches had been added to the shape and the color.
That's a clever idea.
There are lots of tricks for making a room look bigger.
The craftsmanship around here is very meticulous.
They must have rigged something.
So someone tampered with it after the maintenance.
It is being made in a factory in London.
From what I heard, they're coming to inspect the factory at the end of next week.
The concrete wall around the factory was crumbling in places.
Factories line the strip of land facing the sea.
I worked at a printing factory.
There isn't enough budget, so the construction work is in limbo.
They pack vegetables at the factory.
That bottle has intricate craftsmanship, doesn't it?
Any junior high student who's at all into crafts could make it.
It looks just like a child's handicraft.
You have no idea how much maneuvering I did behind the scenes for you.
The machines in this factory run all day long.
There aren't many ingredients, but I'll try to be creative with the seasoning.
This is made by piling up and shaping the earth with magic.
Considering the effort involved in the craftsmanship, it is a reasonable price.
It's a handicraft program for preschoolers, right?
The old factory was turned into an art museum.
Our maneuvering aimed at the major media is proceeding smoothly.
It is less troublesome to expose wrongdoing than to engage in unnecessary maneuvering.
The materials needed for the construction have already been arranged.
You're saying you saw through it, despite such a clever trick?
The factory belt suddenly stopped.
The restoration work has just recently finished.
I was thinking of planning a factory tour.
Tools had been left lying on the floor.
The construction work went on around the clock.
The carpenter is repairing the ridge of the roof.
An old bomb was found at a construction site.
The factory was shut down because of the recession.
There was construction, so I took a detour home by another road.
The construction lasted three months, and in the meantime the road was closed.
Work has begun on replacing the streetcar tracks.
You'll be in charge of the women working in this factory.
There is no factory in this village.
That factory is pretty far from the town center.
It is the factory, my brother works in.
The smoke from factories hung over the town.
The factory did not want him.
The factory uses many complicated machines.
I work in a factory.
I want to work in a factory.
I didn't like working at the factory, so I quit.
He has worked in this factory for 11 years.
He works in a factory.
They labored in the factories.
Our factory needs a lot of machinery.
We work in a factory.
The enemy dropped many bombs on the factory.
The enemy dropped bombs on the factory.
My father works in a factory.
My father and my brother work in this factory.
I pointed to the factory.
Some factories pollute the environment.
Last night an explosion took place at a fireworks factory.
The factory is run on a large scale.
When people came out of the factory in the evening, their faces looked white and ill.
This factory can turn out 200 cars a day.
The factory turns out eight hundred motorcycles a month.
The purpose of our trip is to visit a new factory.
His son took on the management of the factory.
He had been working in the factory for three years when the accident occurred.
He felt tired of working in the factory.
Hundreds of people work in this factory.
This factory also operates at night.
This factory produces 500 automobiles a day.
Automobiles are made in factories.
The news of the fire in the factory caused a sensation.
They carried on with the construction in the face of strong opposition from the residents.
This factory makes car parts.
The factory will begin to produce next year.
Yes. We'll visit a factory which produces television sets.
If the plant is completed next year, a new production manager will have to be hired.
We'll visit a factory which produces television sets.
This factory produces toys.
That factory manufactures toys.
This factory makes toys.
The factory is trying to get rid of water pollution.
The building you see over there is an auto factory.
This factory manufactures automobile parts.
Robots have taken the place of men in this factory.
Possibly the factory will be closed down next week.
The factory was shut down ten years ago.
Milk is made into butter.
Milk is made into butter and cheese.
He is skilled in handicraft.
The pipe conveys water from the lake to the factory.
The factory will cease operations next month.
The sound of construction often blocks out the sound of the TV.
They have enough capital to build a second factory.
My father works at the factory as an engineer.
The factory produces thousands of bottles every month.
My father's factory turns out 30,000 cars each month.
The factory was constructed out of concrete.
He explained the process of putting them together.
We are using a new process to make butter.
All three of those men are carpenters.
I'm working as a carpenter.
My father and sister are carpenters.
My grandfather is a carpenter.
There are a lot of factories in Kawasaki.
The construction work is steadily nearing completion.
China is working on developing strong artificial intelligence.
Construction began in October.
I estimate that the work will cost more than $10,000.
Many workers were laid off at that plant.
The factory has dismissed some three hundred workers.
Last month, they had to lay off several hundred employees in the factory.
The construction blocked the entrance to the street.
You should use a tool.
I bought myself some new tools.
My older brother is planning to work at a drug factory.
The factory has been transferred to Hokkaido.
Tony thought about the factory and the shops.
Tony did not want to work in a shop or a factory.
The artificial satellite was launched into orbit.
For the first time a satellite was launched into orbit.
They are going to launch an artificial satellite tomorrow.
The workers in the factory were forced to work hard to improve the products.
The factory is running at full capacity.
That college student is studying engineering.
I plan to major in engineering in college.
More students are interested in finance than in industry.
The factory produced ten finished articles an hour.
The artificial satellite launched at the cost of the welfare budget did not work properly.
The hosiery factory produces 600,000 pairs of socks a day.
A satellite was launched into orbit to monitor melting glaciers.
We are aiming for an integrated development zone that combines business and industrial quarters.
He revived the child with artificial respiration.
The government started a program to promote industry.
I work as a carpenter in a furniture factory.
We have a plant in Boston.
This river is polluted with factory waste.
The river is polluted by waste from houses and factories.
Factory waste sometimes pollutes our rivers.
Factory waste has polluted the sea.
This road is closed to traffic for construction work.
He is a good carpenter.
A good craftsman takes pride in his work.
Tom opened the toolbox and took out a wrench.
My toolbox is in the trunk.
The plants manufacture complex chemical compounds.
At the turn of the century, children still worked in factories.
The jeweler mounted a big pearl in the brooch.
Thanks to the technological innovation, the maximum output of the factory has doubled.
The foreign executives visited the manufacturing plant.
Industrial areas tend to be on the outskirts of cities.
The area of the factory is 1,000 square meters.
Our car is being repaired at the auto shop.
The construction of the building will be started next year.
Cars are factory products, while foods are farm products.
Government officials inspected all factories.
The site for the new factory has not been decided.
Large-scale road construction began.
Work on the road was suspended because of the storm.
Heavy industry always benefits from war.
Our factories are working at full capacity.
I'm not good at carpentry.
They succeeded in putting an artificial satellite in orbit.
This factory's productive capacity is 250 cars a week.
The teachers' room and the gym are under renovation.
The country was industrialized very quickly.
Rapid industrialization could shrink our rivers even further.
Japan has undergone a drastic change as a result of industrialization.
Abraham Lincoln's father was a carpenter by trade.
The very air we breathe is polluted with smog from the factory chimneys.
The factory waste gave rise to serious environmental pollution.
Industrialization had a great influence on the development of the economy in Japan.
Many people work in industrial towns.
Call a plumber.