作

Meaning

作 centers on bringing something into being through deliberate action: making, producing, preparing, or building. The meanings all share the idea of active creation or construction.

• 作るつくる
  N5

  to make; to produce; to manufacture; to build; to construct

• 作品さくひん
  N3

  work (e.g. book, film, painting, composition); piece; production; opus

• 作りつくり
  N1

  making; producing; manufacturing; building; construction; make; structure

• 作さく
  N1

  work (e.g. of art); piece; production

• 作業さぎょう
  N3

  work; operation; task

• 制作せいさく
  N3

  work (film, book)

• 作戦さくせん
  N1

  tactics; strategy

• 操作そうさ
  N3

  operation; management; handling

• 作成さくせい
  N3

  making (a report, plan, contract, etc.); drawing up; writing out; preparing; creating (a file, website, account, etc.)

• 原作げんさく
  N1

  original work

• 新作しんさく

  new work; new production; new composition; new creation; new title

• 作家さっか
  N3

  author; writer; novelist; artist

• 著作ちょさく

  writing (a book); book; (literary) work; writings

• 製作せいさく
  N2

  manufacture; production

• 創作そうさく
  N2

  creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); original work; (creative) writing

• 作者さくしゃ
  N2

  creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright; dramatist

• 作用さよう
  N2

  action; operation; process; agency; effect; function

• 動作どうさ
  N2

  movement (of the body); action; motion; gesture

• 工作こうさく
  N1

  handicraft

• 作曲さっきょく
  N3

  composition (of music); setting; writing music

• 自作じさく

  one's own work; making by oneself

• 名作めいさく
  N3

  masterpiece; masterwork

• 副作用ふくさよう
  N2

  side effect; adverse reaction

• 傑作けっさく
  N2

  masterpiece; masterwork; chef d'oeuvre; fine piece of work

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