"作る" meaning in Japanese

See 作る in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: [t͡sɨ̥ᵝkɯ̟ᵝɾɯ̟ᵝ]
Etymology: From Old Japanese. First attested in the Kojiki of 712 CE. Ultimately from Proto-Japonic *tukoru. Etymology templates: {{inh|ja|ojp|-|sort=つくる}} Old Japanese, {{C.E.|nodots=1}} CE, {{CE}} CE, {{inh|ja|jpx-pro|*tukoru|sort=つくる}} Proto-Japonic *tukoru Head templates: {{ja-verb|つくる|tr=trans|type=1}} 作(つく)る • (tsukuru) transitive godan (stem 作(つく)り (tsukuri), past 作(つく)った (tsukutta)) Forms: 作る [canonical] (ruby: (つく)), tsukuru [romanization], 作り [stem] (ruby: (つく)), 作った [past] (ruby: (つく)), no-table-tags [table-tags], 作ら [error-unrecognized-form], つくら [error-unrecognized-form], tsukura [error-unrecognized-form], 作り [error-unrecognized-form], つくり [error-unrecognized-form], tsukuri [error-unrecognized-form], 作る [error-unrecognized-form], つくる [error-unrecognized-form], tsukuru [error-unrecognized-form], 作れ [error-unrecognized-form], つくれ [error-unrecognized-form], tsukure [error-unrecognized-form], 作られる [passive], つくられる [passive], tsukurareru [passive], 作らせる [causative], 作らす [causative], つくらせる [causative], つくらす [causative], tsukuraseru [causative], tsukurasu [causative], 作れる [potential], つくれる [potential], tsukureru [potential], 作ろう [volitional], つくろう [volitional], tsukurō [volitional], 作らない [negative], つくらない [negative], tsukuranai [negative], 作らず [continuative, negative], つくらず [continuative, negative], tsukurazu [continuative, negative], 作ります [formal], つくります [formal], tsukurimasu [formal], 作った [perfective], つくった [perfective], tsukutta [perfective], 作って [conjunctive], つくって [conjunctive], tsukutte [conjunctive], 作れば [conditional, hypothetical], つくれば [conditional, hypothetical], tsukureba [conditional, hypothetical]
  1. to make [something]
    Sense id: en-作る-ja-verb-SvviHkjn
  2. to cook
    Sense id: en-作る-ja-verb-qUY3OFDp
  3. to write
    to write a literary work
    Sense id: en-作る-ja-verb-~Pacx~L2
  4. to write
    to write a character or word in a particular form
    Sense id: en-作る-ja-verb-2E6axyFc Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 9 9 10 13 9 19 19 14
  5. to grow, to raise
    Sense id: en-作る-ja-verb-AnA-q2pw
  6. to cultivate ability, to train
    Sense id: en-作る-ja-verb-374O~7mm Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 9 9 10 13 9 19 19 14 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 3 3 4 20 3 31 19 17 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 2 2 3 21 2 33 18 18 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 2 2 3 21 2 33 18 18 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 2 2 3 21 2 33 18 18 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 2 2 3 21 2 33 18 18 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 2 2 3 21 2 33 18 18
  7. to draw up, form, establish
    Sense id: en-作る-ja-verb-FDWvKa3p Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 9 9 10 13 9 19 19 14
  8. to make an acquaintance
    Sense id: en-作る-ja-verb-0Pd~ld5- Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 9 9 10 13 9 19 19 14
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 作成する: write a document (sakusei suru), 制作する: produce a movie (seisaku suru), 製作する: make (seisaku suru) (ruby: 製作(せいさく)) [usually] [furniture, lifestyle], 製造する: produce (seizō suru) (ruby: 製造(せいぞう)) (english: machine, device), 生産する: produce (seisan suru) (ruby: 生産(せいさん)) (english: plants, industrial products), 建築する: build (kenchiku suru) (ruby: 建築(けんちく)) (english: house), 建設する: construct (kensetsu suru) (ruby: 建設(けんせつ)) (english: large building) [bridge, games]

Alternative forms

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      "form": "tsukurareru",
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      "form": "作らせる",
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    {
      "form": "作らす",
      "source": "conjugation",
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      "form": "つくらせる",
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      "form": "作らない",
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      "form": "つくらない",
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      "form": "tsukuranai",
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      "form": "作らず",
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      "form": "つくらず",
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    },
    {
      "form": "tsukurazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "作ります",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つくります",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "tsukurimasu",
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    },
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      "form": "つくって",
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      "form": "作れば",
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  "senses": [
    {
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "It is life that makes tragedy.",
          "ref": "1927, 芥川龍之介, 機関車を見ながら, 青空文庫",
          "roman": "Higeki o tsukuru mono wa jinsei de aru.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "悲劇",
              "ひげき"
            ],
            [
              "作",
              "つく"
            ],
            [
              "人生",
              "じんせい"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "悲劇を作るものは人生である。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to make [something]",
        "to make"
      ],
      "id": "en-作る-ja-verb-SvviHkjn",
      "links": [
        [
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "to make [something]"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Or after this we could make an omelette.",
          "ref": "1933, 岸田國士, 医術の進歩, 青空文庫",
          "roman": "Soretomo, kore kara, tamagoyaki demo tsukuru no ka.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "卵焼",
              "たまごやき"
            ],
            [
              "作",
              "つく"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "それとも、これから、卵焼でも作るのか。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to cook"
      ],
      "id": "en-作る-ja-verb-qUY3OFDp",
      "links": [
        [
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        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Isn't it of course harder to write a poem than a letter?",
          "ref": "1917, 高浜虚子, 漱石氏と私, 青空文庫",
          "roman": "Shi o tsukuru hō ga tegami o kaku yori tema no kakaru no wa muron ja arimasen ka.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "詩",
              "し"
            ],
            [
              "作",
              "つく"
            ],
            [
              "方",
              "ほう"
            ],
            [
              "手紙",
              "てがみ"
            ],
            [
              "手間",
              "てま"
            ],
            [
              "無論",
              "むろん"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "詩を作る方が手紙をかくより手間のかかるのは無論じゃありませんか。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to write",
        "to write a literary work"
      ],
      "id": "en-作る-ja-verb-~Pacx~L2",
      "links": [
        [
          "write",
          "write"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "9 9 10 13 9 19 19 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
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          ],
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1916, 森鴎外, 伊沢蘭軒, 青空文庫",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "渡辺昌盈",
              "わたなべしやうえい"
            ],
            [
              "亦",
              "また"
            ],
            [
              "渋江恒善",
              "しぶえつねよし"
            ],
            [
              "須川隆白",
              "すがはりゆうはく"
            ],
            [
              "同",
              "おな"
            ],
            [
              "弘前藩",
              "ひろさきはん"
            ],
            [
              "子弟",
              "してい"
            ],
            [
              "伊沢氏",
              "いさはし"
            ],
            [
              "塾",
              "じゆく"
            ],
            [
              "寓",
              "ぐう"
            ],
            [
              "榛軒門人録",
              "しんけんもんじんろく"
            ],
            [
              "此",
              "この"
            ],
            [
              "人",
              "ひと"
            ],
            [
              "名",
              "な"
            ],
            [
              "昌栄",
              "しやうえい"
            ],
            [
              "作",
              "つく"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "渡辺昌盈も亦、渋江恒善、須川隆白と同じく、弘前藩の子弟で、伊沢氏の塾に寓してゐた。榛軒門人録には此人の名が「昌栄」に作つてある。\nWatanabe Shōei mo mata, Shibue Tsuneyoshi, Sugawa Ryūhaku to onajiku, Hirosaki-han no shitei de, Isawa-shi no juku ni gūshite ita. Shinken monjinroku ni wa kono hito no na ga “昌栄” ni tsukutte aru.\nWatanabe Shōei, like Shibue Tsuneyoshi and Sugawa Ryūhaku, was also a child of the Hirosaki domain, and resided at Isawa’s private school. In Shinken’s record of pupils, this person’s name is written as 昌栄."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to write",
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      "links": [
        [
          "write",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Both men and women grow vegetables.",
          "ref": "1923, 芥川龍之介, 不思議な島, 青空文庫",
          "roman": "Otoko demo onna demo yasai o tsukuru no desu.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "男",
              "おとこ"
            ],
            [
              "女",
              "おんな"
            ],
            [
              "野菜",
              "やさい"
            ],
            [
              "作",
              "つく"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "男でも女でも野菜を作るのです。"
        }
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          "_dis": "3 3 4 20 3 31 19 17",
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          "_dis": "2 2 3 21 2 33 18 18",
          "kind": "other",
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            "Entry maintenance"
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 2 3 21 2 33 18 18",
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        {
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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        {
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          "parents": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 2 3 21 2 33 18 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "There was a need cultivate intellects to suit the new era.",
          "ref": "1920, 長谷川時雨, マダム貞奴, 青空文庫",
          "roman": "Shinjidai ni tekisuru yō ni atama o tsukuru hitsuyō de atta.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "新時代",
              "しんじだい"
            ],
            [
              "適",
              "てき"
            ],
            [
              "頭",
              "あたま"
            ],
            [
              "作",
              "つく"
            ],
            [
              "必要",
              "ひつよう"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "新時代に適するように頭を作る必要であった。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to cultivate ability, to train"
      ],
      "id": "en-作る-ja-verb-374O~7mm",
      "links": [
        [
          "cultivate",
          "cultivate"
        ],
        [
          "train",
          "train"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "9 9 10 13 9 19 19 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "So the Diet is a place where laws may be passed or blocked, but not one where they are drawn up.",
          "ref": "1923, 末弘厳太郎, 小知恵にとらわれた現代の法律学, 青空文庫",
          "roman": "Dakara gikai wa hōritsu no tōttari tsukaetari suru tokoro de, hōritsu o tsukuru tokoro de wa nai.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "議会",
              "ぎかい"
            ],
            [
              "法律",
              "ほうりつ"
            ],
            [
              "通",
              "とお"
            ],
            [
              "所",
              "ところ"
            ],
            [
              "法律",
              "ほうりつ"
            ],
            [
              "作",
              "つく"
            ],
            [
              "所",
              "ところ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "だから議会は法律の通ったりつかえたりする所で、法律を作る所ではない。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to draw up, form, establish"
      ],
      "id": "en-作る-ja-verb-FDWvKa3p",
      "links": [
        [
          "draw up",
          "draw up"
        ],
        [
          "form",
          "form"
        ],
        [
          "establish",
          "establish"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "9 9 10 13 9 19 19 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "so that one can get a boyfriend",
          "roman": "kareshi ga tsukureru yō",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "彼氏",
              "かれし"
            ],
            [
              "作",
              "つく"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "彼氏が作れるよう"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to make an acquaintance"
      ],
      "id": "en-作る-ja-verb-0Pd~ld5-",
      "links": [
        [
          "acquaintance",
          "acquaintance"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "つくる"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡sɨ̥ᵝkɯ̟ᵝɾɯ̟ᵝ]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "sakusei suru",
      "word": "作成する: write a document"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "seisaku suru",
      "word": "制作する: produce a movie"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "seisaku suru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "製作",
          "せいさく"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "usually"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "furniture",
        "lifestyle"
      ],
      "word": "製作する: make"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "machine, device",
      "roman": "seizō suru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "製造",
          "せいぞう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "製造する: produce"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "plants, industrial products",
      "roman": "seisan suru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "生産",
          "せいさん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "生産する: produce"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "house",
      "roman": "kenchiku suru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "建築",
          "けんちく"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "建築する: build"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "large building",
      "roman": "kensetsu suru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "建設",
          "けんせつ"
        ]
      ],
      "topics": [
        "bridge",
        "games"
      ],
      "word": "建設する: construct"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Kojiki"
  ],
  "word": "作る"
}
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    "Japanese terms derived from Proto-Japonic",
    "Japanese terms inherited from Old Japanese",
    "Japanese terms inherited from Proto-Japonic",
    "Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms written with one Han script character",
    "Japanese transitive verbs",
    "Japanese type 1 verbs",
    "Japanese verbs"
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      "args": {
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
        "nodots": "1"
      },
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      "name": "C.E."
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    {
      "args": {},
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      "name": "CE"
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      "form": "作る",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "作",
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        "canonical"
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      "form": "作り",
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        "stem"
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      "form": "作った",
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          "作",
          "つく"
        ]
      ],
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        "past"
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    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-go-ru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "作ら",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つくら",
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      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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      "form": "tsukura",
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      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "作り",
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "つくり",
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      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    {
      "form": "tsukuri",
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      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "作る",
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      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つくる",
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      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsukuru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "作れ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つくれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsukure",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "作られる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つくられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsukurareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "作らせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "作らす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つくらせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つくらす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsukuraseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsukurasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "作れる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つくれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsukureru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "作ろう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つくろう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsukurō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "作らない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つくらない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsukuranai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "作らず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つくらず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsukurazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "作ります",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つくります",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsukurimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "作った",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つくった",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsukutta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "作って",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つくって",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsukutte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "作れば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つくれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsukureba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "つくる",
        "tr": "trans",
        "type": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "作(つく)る • (tsukuru) transitive godan (stem 作(つく)り (tsukuri), past 作(つく)った (tsukutta))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "It is life that makes tragedy.",
          "ref": "1927, 芥川龍之介, 機関車を見ながら, 青空文庫",
          "roman": "Higeki o tsukuru mono wa jinsei de aru.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "悲劇",
              "ひげき"
            ],
            [
              "作",
              "つく"
            ],
            [
              "人生",
              "じんせい"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "悲劇を作るものは人生である。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to make [something]",
        "to make"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "make",
          "make"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "to make [something]"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Or after this we could make an omelette.",
          "ref": "1933, 岸田國士, 医術の進歩, 青空文庫",
          "roman": "Soretomo, kore kara, tamagoyaki demo tsukuru no ka.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "卵焼",
              "たまごやき"
            ],
            [
              "作",
              "つく"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "それとも、これから、卵焼でも作るのか。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to cook"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cook",
          "cook"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Isn't it of course harder to write a poem than a letter?",
          "ref": "1917, 高浜虚子, 漱石氏と私, 青空文庫",
          "roman": "Shi o tsukuru hō ga tegami o kaku yori tema no kakaru no wa muron ja arimasen ka.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "詩",
              "し"
            ],
            [
              "作",
              "つく"
            ],
            [
              "方",
              "ほう"
            ],
            [
              "手紙",
              "てがみ"
            ],
            [
              "手間",
              "てま"
            ],
            [
              "無論",
              "むろん"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "詩を作る方が手紙をかくより手間のかかるのは無論じゃありませんか。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to write",
        "to write a literary work"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "write",
          "write"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1916, 森鴎外, 伊沢蘭軒, 青空文庫",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "渡辺昌盈",
              "わたなべしやうえい"
            ],
            [
              "亦",
              "また"
            ],
            [
              "渋江恒善",
              "しぶえつねよし"
            ],
            [
              "須川隆白",
              "すがはりゆうはく"
            ],
            [
              "同",
              "おな"
            ],
            [
              "弘前藩",
              "ひろさきはん"
            ],
            [
              "子弟",
              "してい"
            ],
            [
              "伊沢氏",
              "いさはし"
            ],
            [
              "塾",
              "じゆく"
            ],
            [
              "寓",
              "ぐう"
            ],
            [
              "榛軒門人録",
              "しんけんもんじんろく"
            ],
            [
              "此",
              "この"
            ],
            [
              "人",
              "ひと"
            ],
            [
              "名",
              "な"
            ],
            [
              "昌栄",
              "しやうえい"
            ],
            [
              "作",
              "つく"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "渡辺昌盈も亦、渋江恒善、須川隆白と同じく、弘前藩の子弟で、伊沢氏の塾に寓してゐた。榛軒門人録には此人の名が「昌栄」に作つてある。\nWatanabe Shōei mo mata, Shibue Tsuneyoshi, Sugawa Ryūhaku to onajiku, Hirosaki-han no shitei de, Isawa-shi no juku ni gūshite ita. Shinken monjinroku ni wa kono hito no na ga “昌栄” ni tsukutte aru.\nWatanabe Shōei, like Shibue Tsuneyoshi and Sugawa Ryūhaku, was also a child of the Hirosaki domain, and resided at Isawa’s private school. In Shinken’s record of pupils, this person’s name is written as 昌栄."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to write",
        "to write a character or word in a particular form"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "write",
          "write"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Both men and women grow vegetables.",
          "ref": "1923, 芥川龍之介, 不思議な島, 青空文庫",
          "roman": "Otoko demo onna demo yasai o tsukuru no desu.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "男",
              "おとこ"
            ],
            [
              "女",
              "おんな"
            ],
            [
              "野菜",
              "やさい"
            ],
            [
              "作",
              "つく"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "男でも女でも野菜を作るのです。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to grow, to raise"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "grow",
          "grow"
        ],
        [
          "raise",
          "raise"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "There was a need cultivate intellects to suit the new era.",
          "ref": "1920, 長谷川時雨, マダム貞奴, 青空文庫",
          "roman": "Shinjidai ni tekisuru yō ni atama o tsukuru hitsuyō de atta.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "新時代",
              "しんじだい"
            ],
            [
              "適",
              "てき"
            ],
            [
              "頭",
              "あたま"
            ],
            [
              "作",
              "つく"
            ],
            [
              "必要",
              "ひつよう"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "新時代に適するように頭を作る必要であった。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to cultivate ability, to train"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cultivate",
          "cultivate"
        ],
        [
          "train",
          "train"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "So the Diet is a place where laws may be passed or blocked, but not one where they are drawn up.",
          "ref": "1923, 末弘厳太郎, 小知恵にとらわれた現代の法律学, 青空文庫",
          "roman": "Dakara gikai wa hōritsu no tōttari tsukaetari suru tokoro de, hōritsu o tsukuru tokoro de wa nai.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "議会",
              "ぎかい"
            ],
            [
              "法律",
              "ほうりつ"
            ],
            [
              "通",
              "とお"
            ],
            [
              "所",
              "ところ"
            ],
            [
              "法律",
              "ほうりつ"
            ],
            [
              "作",
              "つく"
            ],
            [
              "所",
              "ところ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "だから議会は法律の通ったりつかえたりする所で、法律を作る所ではない。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to draw up, form, establish"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "draw up",
          "draw up"
        ],
        [
          "form",
          "form"
        ],
        [
          "establish",
          "establish"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "so that one can get a boyfriend",
          "roman": "kareshi ga tsukureru yō",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "彼氏",
              "かれし"
            ],
            [
              "作",
              "つく"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "彼氏が作れるよう"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to make an acquaintance"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "acquaintance",
          "acquaintance"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "つくる"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡sɨ̥ᵝkɯ̟ᵝɾɯ̟ᵝ]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "sakusei suru",
      "word": "作成する: write a document"
    },
    {
      "roman": "seisaku suru",
      "word": "制作する: produce a movie"
    },
    {
      "roman": "seisaku suru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "製作",
          "せいさく"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "usually"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "furniture",
        "lifestyle"
      ],
      "word": "製作する: make"
    },
    {
      "english": "machine, device",
      "roman": "seizō suru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "製造",
          "せいぞう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "製造する: produce"
    },
    {
      "english": "plants, industrial products",
      "roman": "seisan suru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "生産",
          "せいさん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "生産する: produce"
    },
    {
      "english": "house",
      "roman": "kenchiku suru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "建築",
          "けんちく"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "建築する: build"
    },
    {
      "english": "large building",
      "roman": "kensetsu suru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "建設",
          "けんせつ"
        ]
      ],
      "topics": [
        "bridge",
        "games"
      ],
      "word": "建設する: construct"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Kojiki"
  ],
  "word": "作る"
}
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.