Today’s Good Morning Hayashi Sensei’s Word Test on March 29th had the question, “What is the prevailing theory for the established reading of the word ‘factory’?” The answer choices were:
1. Adopted in textbooks
2. Confused with commercial facilities
3. Desire for feelings
The answer for today’s question was 2. Confused with commercial facilities. It is said that the reading changed to “koujou” in order to avoid confusion with the shopping mall called “Kankouba” during the Meiji era.
Today’s Good Morning Hayashi Sensei word quiz on March 29th, the question is “What is the prevailing theory on the pronunciation of the word ‘工場’?”
For the question “What is the prevailing theory on the pronunciation of the word ‘工場’?”, the answer choices are as follows:
① Adopted in textbooks
② Confused with commercial facilities
③ Wanting emotions
Today’s answer among these is ② Confused with commercial facilities.
It is said that it started to be pronounced as “koujou” to avoid confusion with the shopping mall called “勧工場” during the Meiji era.