The word こうぼう "kōbō" meaning?


I found this word "こうぼう" in google translate, stating it means 'atelier' or
artist workshop... is this an accurate translation in the sense it
specifically refers to an artist's workspace?




"Atelier/workshop" is one of the possible meanings of こうぼう, but こうぼう has lots
of other meanings unrelated to one another. [See this
link](https://jisho.org/search/%E3%81%93%E3%81%86%E3%81%BC%E3%81%86).

[Japanese has lots of
homophones](https://www.japanesewithanime.com/2017/12/homonyms.html) (words
with the same sound) for historical reasons, so if you put a single word in
hiragana into Google Translate like that, it can only give you the meaning of
a **random** word that can be read こうぼう. It's not Google Translate's fault.

By the way, do you know about hiragana and kanji? If you know about kanji,
[工房](https://jisho.org/word/%E5%B7%A5%E6%88%BF) is the kanji for こうぼう meaning
"atelier". This specifically refers to an artist's atelier/workshop.




"Atelier/workshop" is one of the possible meanings of こうぼう, but こうぼう has lots
of other meanings unrelated to one another. [See this
link](https://jisho.org/search/%E3%81%93%E3%81%86%E3%81%BC%E3%81%86).

[Japanese has lots of
homophones](https://www.japanesewithanime.com/2017/12/homonyms.html) (words
with the same sound) for historical reasons, so if you put a single word in
hiragana into Google Translate like that, it can only give you the meaning of
a **random** word that can be read こうぼう. It's not Google Translate's fault.

By the way, do you know about hiragana and kanji? If you know about kanji,
[工房](https://jisho.org/word/%E5%B7%A5%E6%88%BF) is the kanji for こうぼう meaning
"atelier". This specifically refers to an artist's atelier/workshop.

