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handicraft; craft product; artisanal work
An object made by skilled manual work, often combining artistic beauty with practical function. Includes pottery, lacquerware, textiles, metalwork, and other traditional or modern crafts.
伝統的工芸品を買った。
I bought a traditional craft product.
この地域は漆器の工芸品で有名だ。
This area is famous for its lacquerware crafts.
職人が一つひとつ手作りした工芸品は、大量生産品にはない温かみがある。
Handicrafts made one by one by artisans have a warmth that mass-produced goods lack.
USAGE: Japan has a national designation system for 伝統的工芸品 (Traditional Craft Products), which currently recognizes over 200 types across the country. Common examples include 有田焼 (Arita porcelain), 輪島塗 (Wajima lacquerware), and 西陣織 (Nishijin textiles).
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 伝統的工芸品: traditional craft product
- 工芸品を作る: to make crafts
- 工芸品店: craft shop
- 民芸品: folk craft