How to say "factory" in Japanese

• 工場こうじょうJLPT N4approx.Common
  nounCovers 'factory' in its basic sense, a place where goods are manufactured, and extends to 'plant', 'mill' and 'workshop'. Neutral in tone; use it for talking about where cars, electronics or food are made.
  その工場こうじょうは玩具がんぐを製造せいぞうしている。↗

  The factory manufactures toys.
• ファクトリーCommon
  nounThe English loanword. Seldom the word you want for a factory: it appears mainly in the names of businesses and brands, or where an English-flavored term is wanted; in ordinary sentences 工場 is the choice.

Use 工場 for a factory, plant, mill or workshop in the ordinary sense of a place where things are made; 「ファクトリー」 is the borrowed English word, found mostly in names and English-flavored contexts.

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• 工場こうじょうfactory
• ファクトリーfactory
• 製造所せいぞうしょfactory
• 製造場せいぞうじょうfactory
• 製作所せいさくしょworks
• 事業場じぎょうじょうworkplace
• 出荷時しゅっかじas-shipped (condition)
• 商館しょうかんtrading company (esp. a Japanese outpost of a foreign firm)