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工事

JLPT N4 · N2 · Vocabulary

工事 — “construction work”

工事 (read こうじ) means construction work. It appears on the JLPT N4 and N2 vocabulary list and is a noun.

Reading

こうじ

Meaning

construction work

工事 in a sentence

道路どうろの工事こうじをしています。

They are doing construction work on the road.

The kanji in 工事

工work, construction
事matter, affair

Words that share a kanji with 工事

工場こうじょう— factory
工業こうぎょう— manufacturing industry, industry
人工じんこう— artificial, man-made
工夫くふう— device, ingenuity, contrivance, working out a scheme
工員こういん— factory worker
工芸こうげい— craft, handicraft, industrial art
大工だいく— carpenter
仕事しごと— work, job, occupation, employment

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