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工く夫ふう

N2
くふう kufuu
  1. ingenuity
  2. device
  3. 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

  • これは私わたしが工く夫ふうした計けい画かくです。
    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"
  }
}