Vocabulary

What does 人工 (じんこう, jinkou) mean?

人工 (じんこう, jinkou) means artificial, man-made.

Quick facts
Readingじんこう
Romajijinkou
Part of speechnoun, no-adjective
Level (estimated, JLPT framework)N3
じんこう
N3 · estimated, JLPT frameworkCommonjinkou

artificial, man-made

  1. 1noun · no-adjective artificial; man-made; human work

Example sentences

  • This lake is artificial.

  • An artificial river was made in the park.

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Entries, readings and English glosses: JMdict — Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group (EDRDG), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and their translations written by GoMe.

Voice: VOICEVOX Nemo.

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