異曲同工

いきょくどうこう

ikyokudoukou

noun

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different in appearance but essentially the same in content, equal in skills or workmanship but different in style or artistic flavor, the same for all practical purposes(yojijukugo)

See also:同工異曲 (どうこういきょく)

Related Kanji

異	uncommon, different, queerness, strangeness, wonderful, curious, unusual
曲	bend, music, melody, composition, pleasure, injustice, fault, curve, crooked, perverse, lean
同	same, agree, equal
工	craft, construction, katakana e radical (no. 48)