How to say "sewing" in Japanese

• 縫製ほうせいCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbMachine sewing — the sewing done in making clothes, the word of the garment trade and clothing manufacture rather than of household needlework.
• 裁縫さいほうJLPT N2approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verbThe general word for sewing as a domestic skill or pastime: needlework such as making or mending clothes, the kind learned at home or at school.
  本当ほんとうに裁縫さいほうが上手じょうずですね。↗

  You're a magician with a needle and thread.
• 仕立てしたてCommon
  nounEssentially tailoring: the making of clothes, especially to fit the wearer, and by extension the cut of a garment; 'sewing' only in that garment-making sense.
  その上着うわぎの仕立したては長ながすぎた。↗

  The jacket was cut too long.
• 縫いぬいCommon
  nounNames the stitching itself — the stitches or the act of sewing — and is also a word for embroidery; for sewing as an activity or skill, 裁縫 is usually the word you want.
  母ははは縫い物ぬいものをやめ、本ほんを拾い上ひろいあげた。↗

  My mother stopped her sewing and picked up her book.

Choose 裁縫 for everyday sewing and needlework, 縫製 for machine sewing in garment production, 「仕立て」 for tailoring and the making of clothes, and 「縫い」 for stitching itself or embroidery.

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• 縫製ほうせいsewing (by machine)
• 裁縫さいほうsewing
• 仕立てしたてtailoring
• 縫いぬいembroidery
• ソーイングsewing
• 縫い物ぬいものsewing
• 仕立物したてものsewing
• 針仕事はりしごとneedlework
• お針おはりneedlework
• 針はりneedlework