木 造(もくぞう)

もくぞう

noun, no-adjective

wooden construction; timber-frame building

1. wooden construction; timber-frame; made of wood

construction using wood as the primary structural material; used to describe buildings, houses, and other structures made primarily of timber

この家(いえ)は木造(もくぞう)二階建(にかいだ)てです。

This house is a two-story wooden building.

木造(もくぞう)アパートは家賃(やちん)が安(やす)いことが多(おお)い。

Wooden apartments often have lower rent.

日本(にほん)の伝統的(でんとうてき)な建築(けんちく)は木造(もくぞう)が基本(きほん)だ。

Traditional Japanese architecture is fundamentally wooden construction.

Forms

木(もく) (wood, tree) + 造(ぞう) (construction, making) → wooden construction

Common collocations

木造(もくぞう)の建物(たてもの) (wooden building)
木造(もくぞう)住宅(じゅうたく) (wooden house)
木造(もくぞう)アパート (wooden apartment building)
木造(もくぞう)〜階建(かいだ)て (wooden ~-story building)

Related words

Construction types in real-estate listings:

木造(もくぞう) (wooden)
鉄骨(てっこつ) (steel frame)
鉄筋(てっきん)コンクリート/RC (reinforced concrete)
鉄骨鉄筋(てっこつてっきん)コンクリート/SRC (steel-reinforced concrete)

Usage

In a flat listing, 木造(もくぞう) usually means lower rent than a concrete building but thinner walls: sound travels more easily between units.

Related Words

Compare: レンガ造(づく)り (brick construction)

Compare: 鉄骨造(てっこつぞう) (steel-frame construction)

Related: 鉄骨(てっこつ) (steel frame)

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Added 2026.1.26 8:18 · Revised 2026.9.25 9:29

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