Japanese Vocabulary for Construction

20/05/2020Updated 17/04/20243 min read

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Japanese Vocabulary for Construction
Here is a set of specialist Japanese vocabulary for construction.
We hope the words given here help you study and work as well as possible.

STT	Word	Reading	Meaning
1	. 自動かんな盤	Jidou kanba ban	automatic planer
2	板目	Itame	knot in timber
3	ほぞ	Hozo	timber joint tenon
4	火打	Hiuchi	corner bracing timber
5	柱	Hashira	column, post
6	鼻隠し	Hanakakushi	long horizontal board covering the rafter ends of the eaves
7	刃物	Hamono	sharp-edged tool, cutting tools
8	測る	Hakaru	measuring
9	羽子板ボルト	Hagoita boruto	racket-shaped bolt (Japanese type)
10	羽柄材	Hagarazai	bracing material for the house structure
11	現場	Genba	site, building site, place where the work is done
12	胴差し	Douzashi	timber used to build the second floor
13	ドリル	Doriru	drill bit, drill, to drill
14	ドライバー	Doraiba	screwdriver
15	土間	Doma	earth floor
16	土台	Dodai	house foundations
17	胴縁	Doubuchi	narrow horizontal timber fitted between two posts
18	電気ドリル	Denki doriru	electric drill
19	電源	Dengen	power source
20	電動丸のこ	Dendou maru no ko	router bit for an electric router
21	電動工具	Dendou kougu	power tool
22	電動かんな	Dendou kanna	electric planer
23	チップソー	Chippuso	router (wood cutting tool)
24	ブレーカー	Bureka	crusher, grinder
25	ボルト	Boruto	bolt
26	バール（くぎぬき）	Baru(Kuginuki)	crowbar, lever
27	当て木	Ategi	main post, support post
28	足場	Ashiba	scaffolding
29	安全カバー	Anzen kaba	safety cover
30	アンカーボルト	Ankaboruto	bolt (driven into a concrete slab, post or wall to resist shaking in an earthquake)
31	穴開け	Ana ake	to bore a hole
32	丈	Jou	unit of length (1 jo = 10 shaku = 100/33m = 3.0303m)
33	上棟	Joutou	beam
34	住宅	Juutaku	dwelling
35	壁	Kabe	wall
36	開口部	Kaikoubu	opening, vent
37	欠き	Kaki	shortfall, shortage
38	加工	Kakou	machining, manufacture
39	囲い	Kakoi	fence, boundary wall
40	加工機	Kakouki	machining equipment
41	框	Kamachi	frame (door, window)
42	鎌継ぎ	Kamatsugi	hinge
43	矩計	Kanabakari	sectional drawing
44	金物	Kanamono	metal fittings
45	金槌	Kanazuchi	hammer
46	かんな	Kanna	wood plane
47	乾燥材	Kansouzai	dried material
48	間	Ken	unit of length (1 ken = 1.818m)
49	検査	Kensa	inspection
50	桁	Keta	wooden beam
51	削る	Kezuru	to shave, to file, to plane, to cut
52	危険	Kiken	danger
53	木表	Kiomote	the outer face of timber
54	錐	Kiri	awl
55	切妻	Kirizuma	eaves
56	切る	Kiru	cutting, trimming
57	木裏	Kiura	the inner face of timber
58	勾配	Koubai	gradient, slope
59	合板	Kouban	plywood
60	工具	Kougu	tool, implement
61	木口	Koguchi	timber end
62	コンクリート	Konkurito	concrete
63	コンパネ	Konpane	compass
64	ンプレッサー	Konpuressa	compressor, press
65	コンセント	Konsento	socket
66	故障	Koshou	breakdown, fault, incident
67	構造材	Kouzōzai	the post and column structure (supporting the house)
68	釘	Kugi	nail
69	窓台	Madodai	window sill frame
70	曲がり	Magari	bend, warp, curve
71	丸太	Maruta	laminated timber
72	面取り	Mentori	mitre cut
73	木材	Mokuzai	timber, wood material
74	木造	Mokuzou	woodworking, wooden objects
75	長押挽き	Nageshibiki	shaping timber so that its cross-section is trapezoidal
76	. ナット	Natto	rivet, screw
77	ねじれ	Nejire	Cong queo
78	のこぎり	Nokogiri	saw
79	ノミ	Nomi	chisel
80	鉄筋	tekkin	reinforcing steel
81	強度	Kyoudo	strength
82	目地	mechi	joint
83	安全ベルト	anzenberuto	safety belt
84	工事中	koujichuu	fortification work in progress
85	板	ita	board
86	ロード・ローラー	rodo . rora	xe lu
87	フォークリフト	fokurifuto	forklift
88	ダンプカー	danpuka	xe ben
89	削岩機	sakuganki	rock drill
90	溶接工	yousetsukoou	welder
91	イ溶接機	yousetsuki	máy hàn