N2231/1725

彫ちょう刻こく

nounnoun (generic)noun or participle taking the aux. verb するtransitive verbintransitive verb

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ちょうこく

Meanings

carving, engraving, sculpture

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Example sentences

彼かれは木きを彫刻ちょうこくするのが得意とくいです。

He is good at wood carving.

この公園こうえんには有名ゆうめいな彫刻ちょうこくがたくさん展示てんじされている。

Many famous sculptures are displayed in this park.

彼女かのじょは大学だいがくで彫刻ちょうこくを専攻せんこうし、数々かずかずの賞しょうを受賞じゅしょうした。

She majored in sculpture at university and won numerous awards.

この神社じんじゃの柱はしらには精巧せいこうな彫刻ちょうこくが施ほどこされている。

The pillars of this shrine are adorned with intricate carvings.

古代こだいギリシャの彫刻ちょうこくは、その写実的しゃじつてきな表現ひょうげんにおいて後世こうせいの芸術家げいじゅつかに多大ただいな影響えいきょうを与あたえた。

Ancient Greek sculptures had a profound influence on later artists through their realistic expressions.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)