作さく為い

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

artificiality; contrived act; pretence

Refers to something done intentionally and artificially, often with a negative nuance of being unnatural or forced. Used as a noun or with する to mean 'to contrive' or 'to act artificially'.

• 彼かれの笑え顔がおには作さく為いが感かんじられた。

  His smile felt contrived.

• その発はつ言げんは作さく為い的てきに作つくられたものだ。

  That statement was artificially fabricated.

noun

commission (of a crime); feasance

Legal term for the active doing of an act, especially a criminal act. Antonym: 不作為 (omission).

Antonyms: 不作為

• 法ほう律りつでは、作さく為いと不ふ作さく為いが区く別べつされる。

  In law, a distinction is made between commission and omission.