1.
workplace; workshop; worksite
a place where work or labor is performed, especially manual or industrial work
作業場で事故があった。
There was an accident at the worksite.
職人たちが作業場で働いている。
The craftsmen are working in the workshop.
自宅の庭に小さな作業場を作った。
I built a small workshop in my garden.
作業場 refers to a place where work, especially manual or industrial work, is done.
COMPOSITION:
- 作業: Work, operation
- 場: Place
ALTERNATIVE READING:
Also read as さぎょうじょう, with the same meaning.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 作業場で働く (to work at a workplace)
- 作業場の安全 (workplace safety)
- 工場の作業場 (factory workshop floor)
RELATED TERMS:
- 工場 (factory)
- 工房 (workshop, studio - often for crafts)
- 現場 (worksite, scene)
- 職場 (workplace - general)
- アトリエ (atelier, artist's studio)
NUANCE:
- More specifically refers to the physical space where labor occurs
- Often associated with manufacturing, construction, or crafts
- Less formal than 職場 which refers to workplace in general
REGISTER: Neutral. Common in workplace and industrial contexts.