Ingenuity - Koufu

Japanese: 工夫 - こうふ
Ingenuity - Koufu
〘Noun〙① In the past, laborers who worked on building houses, flood control, civil engineering, etc. ※Shoku Nihongi - Enryaku 3rd year (784), June, Jinshi "And to build the palace , the workers' supplies were ordered to be sent to all provinces, and to Nagaoka Palace ." ② Laborers engaged in construction of railways, electricity, gas, water, civil engineering, etc. ※Hanayagi Shunwa (1878-79)〈Translated by Oda Junichiro〉34 "The scribes carried the books in their bosoms, and the workers carried the vessels."

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Japanese:
〘名〙① 昔、家屋の建造や治水、土木などの労役にあたった人夫。※続日本紀‐延暦三年(784)六月壬子「并造宮工夫用度物、仰下諸国、令於長岡宮」② 鉄道や電気、ガス、水道、土木などの工事に従事する労働者。※花柳春話(1878‐79)〈織田純一郎訳〉三四「書生は書を懐にし、工夫は器を担ひ」

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