作(つく)る, 造(つく)る, 創(つく)る, つくる

tsukuru

JLPT 5

Godan verb with `ru` ending transitive verb
  • to make; to produce; to manufacture; to build; to construct
  • to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol)
  • to raise; to grow; to cultivate; to train
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作文(さくぶん), さくぶん

sakubun

JLPT 5

noun (common) (futsuumeishi) noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru
  • writing (an essay, prose, etc.); composition
  • formal writing with little real meaning

作品(さくひん), さくひん

sakuhin

JLPT 3

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production

作業(さぎょう), さぎょう

sagyō

JLPT 3

noun (common) (futsuumeishi) noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru
  • work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty

作家(さっか), さっか

sakka

JLPT 3

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • author; writer; novelist; artist

作曲(さっきょく), さっきょく

sakkyoku

JLPT 3

noun (common) (futsuumeishi) noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru
  • composition; setting (of music)

作法(さほう), さほう

sahō

JLPT 3

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • manners; etiquette; propriety

作物(さくもつ), さくもつ

sakumotsu

JLPT 3

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • produce (e.g. agricultural); crops

作成(さくせい), さくせい

sakusei

JLPT 2

noun (common) (futsuumeishi) noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru
  • drawing up (e.g. legal document, contract, will, etc.); preparing; writing; framing; making; producing; creating; creation

製作(せいさく), せいさく

seisaku

JLPT 2

noun (common) (futsuumeishi) noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no`
  • manufacture; production

作者(さくしゃ), さくしゃ

sakusha

JLPT 2

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • author; authoress

創作(そうさく), そうさく

sōsaku

JLPT 2

noun (common) (futsuumeishi) noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no`
  • production; literary creation; work

動作(どうさ), どうさ

dōsa

JLPT 2

noun (common) (futsuumeishi) noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru
  • action; movements; motions; bearing; behaviour; behavior; execution; actuation; operation; manners

傑作(けっさく), けっさく

kessaku

JLPT 2

adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi) noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • masterpiece; best work
  • blunder (with sarcastic tone); boner

作製(さくせい), さくせい

sakusei

JLPT 2

noun (common) (futsuumeishi) noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru
  • manufacture

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