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作 さく N3

  1. piece; production; work (e.g. of art)
  2. crop; cultivation; harvest; tillage; yield
  3. technique

作る つくる N5

  1. to build; to construct; to make; to manufacture; to produce
  2. to brew (alcohol); to prepare (food)
  3. to cultivate; to grow; to raise; to train
  4. to till
  5. to draw up (a document); to make out; to prepare; to write
  6. to compose; to create (an artistic work, etc.)
  7. to coin (a phrase); to establish; to found; to organise; to organize
  8. to have (a child)
  9. to make up (one's face, etc.)
  10. to fabricate (an excuse, etc.)
  11. to feign (a smile, etc.); to give a (false) appearance; to put on a show of emotion
  12. to form (a line, etc.)
  13. to set (a record)
  14. to commit (a sin, etc.)

作文 さくぶん N5

  1. composition; writing (an essay, prose, etc.)
  2. formal writing with little real meaning

作品 さくひん N3

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

作家 さっか N3

  1. artist; author; novelist; writer

作曲 さっきょく N3

  1. composition (of music); setting; writing music

作業 さぎょう N3

  1. operation; task; work

作法 さほう N3

  1. etiquette; manners; propriety
  2. manner of production (esp. of prose, poetry, etc.); way of making

作物 さくもつ N3

  1. (agricultural) produce; crop; crops; farm products

作成 さくせい N2

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