How to say "workshop" in Japanese

• ワークショップCommon
  nounCovers the event sense of 'workshop': a participatory session where people learn or make things together through hands-on activities, the sense you meet in training events and community programs.
• 工房こうぼうCommon
  nounA workshop in the artisan sense: the place where a craftsperson designs and makes things by hand; it can also mean a studio or atelier.
• アトリエCommon
  nounReally means an artist's studio or atelier, the room where a painter or sculptor works; for other senses of 'workshop' it is seldom the word you want.
• 工場こうじょうJLPT N4approx.Common
  nounPrimarily means a factory, plant, or mill — an industrial facility where goods are produced; its 'workshop' sense is marginal, so it is not the word for a training session or craft studio.
  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.
• クリニックCommon
  nounUsually means a medical clinic; its 'workshop' sense, an intensive instructional or coaching session, is specialized, so it is seldom the word you want for 'workshop'.

Choose 「ワークショップ」 for participatory training or discussion sessions, 工房 for a craftsperson's workplace, 「アトリエ」 for an artist's studio, 工場 for a factory, and 「クリニック」 only in specialized instructional contexts.

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• ワークショップworkshop
• 工房こうぼうworkshop
• アトリエatelier
• 工場こうじょうfactory
• 作業場さぎょうばworkshop
• 工作室こうさくしつworkshop
• 研修会けんしゅうかいworkshop
• 細工所さいくじょworkshop
• 作場さくばfarm
• 制作室せいさくしつstudio
• 画房がぼうartist's studio
• クリニックworkshop