Word details

細工

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 細工.

Dictionary

Entry

細工いくNounTransitive~する VerbFreq #6325
1

work; workmanship; craftsmanship; handiwork

Examples
彼らの最高の技術は木工細工に見られた。
Their highest skill was woodworking.
2

artifice; trick; device; tampering; doctoring

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

dainty, get thin, taper, slender, narrow, detailed, precise

11 strokesFrequency 537JLPT N2Grade 2

On

サイ

Kun

ほそ.いほそ.るこま.かこま.かい

craft, construction, katakana e radical (no. 48)

3 strokesFrequency 299JLPT N3Grade 2

On

コウ

Nanori

もく

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