工場

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: Written 工場 and read こうじょう, it is a facility equipped with machinery and organized processes for manufacturing goods or components.
• Basic usage: It appears as a workplace producing auto parts and as an industrial site on a town's outskirts.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Factory rather than small craft workshop
  • The word suggests systematic production with equipment and divided work.