How to say "carver" in Japanese

• 彫工ちょうこう
  nounA compact word for a carving craftsman: an artisan who carves or engraves, the 工 element marking the trade. Picture a specialist cutting designs into wood, stone or similar materials.
• 彫刻家ちょうこくか
  nounCovers 'carver' in the artistic sense: a sculptor who creates carved works. The 家 element marks a practitioner of an art, so it points to an artist rather than a trade craftsman.
  その彫刻家ちょうこくかはルネサンス派はに属ぞくする。↗

  The sculptor belongs to the Renaissance school.
• 彫刻師ちょうこくし
  nounBuilt on 彫刻 with 師, an element marking a trained master of a craft rather than an artist: a carver or engraver by trade, cutting figures and ornaments from wood or stone.
• 彫物師ほりものし
  nounA carver in name, but strongly associated with tattoo artists; unless tattooing is your meaning, this is seldom the word you want for a carver or engraver of wood or stone.
• 彫師ほりし
  nounBest known as the word for a tattoo artist; for any other kind of carver it is seldom what you want, and 彫刻家 or 彫刻師 is the safer pick.

For a sculptor who carves, choose 彫刻家; for a craftsman who carves or engraves as a trade, 彫刻師 or 彫工; 彫物師 and 彫師 are strongly associated with tattoo artists and seldom fit other carving senses.

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• 彫工ちょうこうcarver
• 彫刻家ちょうこくかengraver
• 彫刻師ちょうこくしengraver
• 彫物師ほりものしengraver
• 彫師ほりしengraver