Vocab Info

N3 Noun, する-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)

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    1. Noun, する-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, する-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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