Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of 原作(げんさく) in Japanese

原作
JLPT 1
Kana Reading
げんさく
Romaji
gensaku
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    noun (common) (futsuumeishi), nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no'
    Meaning
    original work
    Example sentence
    原作は学校の教科書として書かれた。 The original was written as a school textbook.

Examples of 原作, げんさく in a sentence

Kanji in this word

原 JLPT 3

10 strokes

meadow, original, primitive, field, plain, prairie, tundra, wilderness

On'Yomi: ゲン

Kun'Yomi: はら

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作 JLPT 4

7 strokes

make, production, prepare, build

On'Yomi: サク, サ

Kun'Yomi: つく.る, つく.り, -づく.り

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