工夫
N2くふう kufuu
- ingenuity
- device
- contrivance
nounする verbtransitive
Chinese meanings
想办法;巧思
Chinese notes
工夫(くふう)指动脑想办法;不要和读こうふ的工夫(工人)混淆。
Examples
- これは私が工夫した計画です。This is a plan of my own devising.这是我想出的计划。
- うまい写真をとるにはちょっとした工夫とコツがあるんです。To take good pictures there are some knacks to learn and a little trick.拍出好照片需要一点巧思和诀窍。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('5f2c3ba54c'); // 工夫
{
"id": "5f2c3ba54c",
"word": "工夫",
"reading": "くふう",
"romaji": "kufuu",
"meanings": [
"ingenuity",
"device",
"contrivance"
],
"level": "N2",
"pos": [
"n",
"vs",
"vt"
],
"jmdict_id": 1278220,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "これは私が工夫した計画です。",
"furigana": "これは{私|わたし}が{工夫|くふう}した{計画|けいかく}です。",
"en": "This is a plan of my own devising.",
"tatoeba_id": 218370
},
{
"ja": "うまい写真をとるにはちょっとした工夫とコツがあるんです。",
"en": "To take good pictures there are some knacks to learn and a little trick.",
"tatoeba_id": 74748
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "1a2dd31a71336ad577f88e87e03ea2e59404a57245be9e10bc960ab179c79972",
"meanings": [
"想办法",
"巧思"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "これは私が工夫した計画です。",
"zh": "这是我想出的计划。"
},
{
"ja": "うまい写真をとるにはちょっとした工夫とコツがあるんです。",
"zh": "拍出好照片需要一点巧思和诀窍。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n2/5f2c3ba54c",
"JMdict ent_seq 1278220; local JMdict_e.gz",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
"notes": "工夫(くふう)指动脑想办法;不要和读こうふ的工夫(工人)混淆。",
"review_hash": "326ddd340e6f75417e4dffea27774a806896aee03845b10b450f56013ef21d9e"
}
}