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🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

工芸品

Pronunciation / Transliteration: kōgeihin

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Craftwork/ˈkræft.wɜːk/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #8500 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"その職人は美しい伝統的な工芸品を作り出した。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    Work made by hand involving skill and artistic ability.

    "The local market was filled with intricate pottery and traditional craftwork."
  2. 2

    Objects created through skilled manual craftsmanship.

    "She displayed her wooden craftwork in the annual artisan exhibition."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Old English 'cræft' meaning skill, strength, or art, combined with 'weorc' meaning work or deed. Historically used to denote manual skill and the creation of objects by hand, it evolved to describe decorative or useful articles made by hand rather than mass-produced in factories.

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