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彫刻 (ちょうこく): carving, engraving, sculpture — Japanese vocabulary

彫刻 is read ちょうこく and means "carving, engraving, sculpture". JLPT N2 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

彫刻

Reading
ちょうこく · choukoku
Translation
carving, engraving, sculpture
Level
JLPT N2
Pitch accent
ちょうこくが

Example

私は現代彫刻はよく理解できない。

わたしはげんだいちょうこくはよくりかいできない。

I really can't understand modern sculpture.

Kanji in this word

  • 彫 — carve, engrave
  • 刻 — carve, moment

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