Keyword
construction
Info
FrequencyTop 600-700
Type
Kyōiku (2nd grade) 
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KankenLevel 9
Heisig80
Readings
こう
(78%)
(17%)
(1%)
Mnemonic

A pictograph of a steel I-beam used during construction.

Used in kanji (31 in total)
empty air
difference
attack
fear
Used in vocabulary (654 in total)
factory; plant; mill; workshop
devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
manufacturing; processing; treatment; machining
Examples (165 in total)
You'll be in charge of the women working in this factory.
There is no factory in this village.
That factory is pretty far from the town center.
It is the factory, my brother works in.
The smoke from factories hung over the town.
The factory did not want him.
The factory uses many complicated machines.
I work in a factory.
I want to work in a factory.
I didn't like working at the factory, so I quit.
He has worked in this factory for 11 years.
He works in a factory.
They labored in the factories.
Our factory needs a lot of machinery.
We work in a factory.
My father works in a factory.
My father and my brother work in this factory.
I pointed to the factory.
The enemy dropped many bombs on the factory.
The enemy dropped bombs on the factory.
He had been working in the factory for three years when the accident occurred.
Last night an explosion took place at a fireworks factory.
Some factories pollute the environment.
When people came out of the factory in the evening, their faces looked white and ill.
His son took on the management of the factory.
The factory is run on a large scale.
The purpose of our trip is to visit a new factory.
This factory can turn out 200 cars a day.
The factory turns out eight hundred motorcycles a month.
This factory also operates at night.
He felt tired of working in the factory.
This factory produces 500 automobiles a day.
Automobiles are made in factories.
Hundreds of people work in this factory.
The news of the fire in the factory caused a sensation.
They carried on with the construction in the face of strong opposition from the residents.
The building you see over there is an auto factory.
This factory makes car parts.
The factory will begin to produce next year.
Yes. We'll visit a factory which produces television sets.
If the plant is completed next year, a new production manager will have to be hired.
We'll visit a factory which produces television sets.
This factory produces toys.
That factory manufactures toys.
This factory makes toys.
This factory manufactures automobile parts.
Possibly the factory will be closed down next week.
The factory was shut down ten years ago.
The factory is trying to get rid of water pollution.
Robots have taken the place of men in this factory.
Milk is made into butter.
Milk is made into butter and cheese.
The pipe conveys water from the lake to the factory.
He is skilled in handicraft.
The factory will cease operations next month.
They have enough capital to build a second factory.
The sound of construction often blocks out the sound of the TV.
My father works at the factory as an engineer.
The factory produces thousands of bottles every month.
My father's factory turns out 30,000 cars each month.
The factory was constructed out of concrete.
He explained the process of putting them together.
We are using a new process to make butter.
There are a lot of factories in Kawasaki.
All three of those men are carpenters.
I'm working as a carpenter.
My father and sister are carpenters.
My grandfather is a carpenter.
Construction began in October.
The construction work is steadily nearing completion.
Many workers were laid off at that plant.
The factory has dismissed some three hundred workers.
Last month, they had to lay off several hundred employees in the factory.
China is working on developing strong artificial intelligence.
My older brother is planning to work at a drug factory.
The construction blocked the entrance to the street.
You should use a tool.
I estimate that the work will cost more than $10,000.
I bought myself some new tools.
The factory has been transferred to Hokkaido.
Tony thought about the factory and the shops.
Tony did not want to work in a shop or a factory.
The artificial satellite was launched into orbit.
For the first time a satellite was launched into orbit.
They are going to launch an artificial satellite tomorrow.
The factory is running at full capacity.
The workers in the factory were forced to work hard to improve the products.
More students are interested in finance than in industry.
The hosiery factory produces 600,000 pairs of socks a day.
The artificial satellite launched at the cost of the welfare budget did not work properly.
That college student is studying engineering.
I plan to major in engineering in college.
The factory produced ten finished articles an hour.
A satellite was launched into orbit to monitor melting glaciers.
The government started a program to promote industry.
We have a plant in Boston.
We are aiming for an integrated development zone that combines business and industrial quarters.
He revived the child with artificial respiration.
I work as a carpenter in a furniture factory.
A good craftsman takes pride in his work.
This road is closed to traffic for construction work.
He is a good carpenter.
This river is polluted with factory waste.
The river is polluted by waste from houses and factories.
Factory waste sometimes pollutes our rivers.
Factory waste has polluted the sea.
Tom opened the toolbox and took out a wrench.
My toolbox is in the trunk.
The plants manufacture complex chemical compounds.
At the turn of the century, children still worked in factories.
The jeweler mounted a big pearl in the brooch.
The foreign executives visited the manufacturing plant.
Tom's alma mater is MIT.
Industrial areas tend to be on the outskirts of cities.
Thanks to the technological innovation, the maximum output of the factory has doubled.
The construction of the building will be started next year.
The area of the factory is 1,000 square meters.
The site for the new factory has not been decided.
Cars are factory products, while foods are farm products.
Large-scale road construction began.
Work on the road was suspended because of the storm.
Our car is being repaired at the auto shop.
Heavy industry always benefits from war.
Government officials inspected all factories.
Our factories are working at full capacity.
They succeeded in putting an artificial satellite in orbit.
I'm not good at carpentry.
This factory's productive capacity is 250 cars a week.
The teachers' room and the gym are under renovation.
The country was industrialized very quickly.
Rapid industrialization could shrink our rivers even further.
Japan has undergone a drastic change as a result of industrialization.
Abraham Lincoln's father was a carpenter by trade.
The very air we breathe is polluted with smog from the factory chimneys.
The factory waste gave rise to serious environmental pollution.
Industrialization had a great influence on the development of the economy in Japan.
Many people work in industrial towns.
Call a plumber.
Tom is a self-employed plumber.
Clive wants to be an electronic engineer.
He entered the college to study electronics.
The first phase of construction has been completed.
The output of this factory has increased by 20%.
Many rivers in Japan are polluted by waste water from factories.
The mechanic assembled the engine.
The factory produces cotton goods.
Industrial production rose sharply in July.
I am studying electrical engineering at the University of Plymouth.
Japan's competitiveness is very strong in industrial products, but weak in agricultural products.
Clearly, she knows a lot about biotechnology.
Japan is an industrial nation.
Once the chemical plant caught fire, it exploded.
Our company is planning to build a new chemical plant in Russia.
Their highest skill was woodworking.
We skied on artificial snow.
I am an electrician.
The factory is producing a new type of car.
The workers are wiring the new house.
He teaches arts and crafts in a school.
Write about the relationship between the artificial environment and the natural environment.
Natural dyes keep a more beautiful color over the years than artificial dyes.
Certain artificial sweeteners are known to be carcinogens.
Despite a shortage of steel, industrial output has increased by five percent.
The factory has laid off some three hundred workers.
Benson and Holmes analyzed the psychological effect of artificial insemination on parents.