How to say "woodwork" in Japanese

• 木工もっこうCommon
  nounThe common general term for woodworking as a craft or activity; it also covers a woodworker, the person who does it. Choose this for the basic sense of 'woodwork'.
  彼かれらの最高さいこうの技術ぎじゅつは木工もっこう細工さいくに見みられた。↗

  Their highest skill was woodworking.
• 木工品もっこうひん
  nounRefers to wooden articles or woodwork as finished products rather than the craft itself. Use it when 'woodwork' means the objects made of wood.
• 木工細工もっこうざいく
  nounWoodwork understood as handicraft: skillfully worked wooden pieces, or the craft of making them. A less common word with an artisanal nuance.
• 大工仕事だいくしごと
  nounLiterally a carpenter's work: carpentry, the wooden work involved in building. It fits 'woodwork' when a carpenter's construction work is meant, rather than woodworking as a craft.

For woodworking as a craft or activity use 木工; for wooden articles use 木工品; for woodwork as handicraft use 木工細工; for a carpenter's construction work use 大工仕事.

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• 木工もっこうwoodworking
• 木工品もっこうひんwoodwork
• 木工細工もっこうざいくwoodwork
• 大工仕事だいくしごとcarpentry