Vocab Info

N3 Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb

工夫(くふう)scheme, device, scheming, devising, figuring out, coming up with, solving ingeniously, dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)

    Dictionary Definition

    1. Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb

      1.

      devising (a way), contriving, inventing, thinking up, figuring out, coming up with, working out

    2. Noun

      2.

      device, design, idea, plan, invention

    3. Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb

      3.

      dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)

    All Forms

    工夫 【くふう】功夫 【くふう】

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    Examples

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      ゴミを()らすために工夫(くふう)をする。

      To devise ways to reduce waste.

      • N3

      あなたのデザインには工夫(くふう)()りません。

      Your design lacks ingenuity.

      • N3

      勉強(べんきょう)のやり(かた)工夫(くふう)すれば、もっと成績(せいせき)()びるはずです。

      If you devise a better way to study, you should be able to get better grades.

      • N3

      (ちち)(むすめ)に:「もっと工夫(くふう)をしてごらん。そしたらこの問題(もんだい)()けるよ。」

      A father to his daughter: 'Try to be more creative. Then you can solve this problem.'

      • N3

      (わたし)(いえ)環境(かんきょう)(こと)(かんが)えて最小限(さいしょうげん)のもので生活(せいかつ)できるように様々(さまざま)工夫(くふう)をしています。

      My house is designed in various ways so that I can live with a minimum of things considering the environment.

      • N2
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