- 一工夫
- ひとくふう【一工夫】⇒ くふう* * *ひとくふう【一工夫】a bit of contrivance.~する use one's head [brains] a little; use a little ingenuity; do a bit of contriving; fiddle (around).
●この発明品の商品化には一工夫が必要だ. We'll need a little ingenuity [to do a bit of fiddling] to turn this invention into a saleable product.
●うーん, もう一工夫ほしいところだよ. Come on; use your heads a bit more [let's have a bit more ingenuity].
・これはまだ一工夫足りないな. We haven't used our brains enough. | Not enough ingenuity has gone into this.
・もっと一工夫も二(ふた)工夫もしないと個性的な作品にはならないよ. You'll have to think a good deal harder [fiddle around quite a lot] if you want to produce something individual.
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.