"創作" meaning in Japanese

See 創作 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [so̞ːsa̠kɯ̟] Forms: 創作 ^ [canonical] (ruby: (そう), (さく)), sōsaku [romanization], sausaku [romanization], さうさく [hiragana, historical]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|そうさく|hhira=さうさく}} 創(そう)作(さく) • (sōsaku) ^(←さうさく (sausaku)?)
  1. creation (especially of a literary or otherwise artistic work)
    Sense id: en-創作-ja-noun-~SH~T3hw
  2. (art, Internet slang) fully original work (as opposed to a derivative fanwork) Tags: Internet
    Sense id: en-創作-ja-noun-Hy5BxOS- Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Art, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 20 6 7 50 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 4 5 66 12 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 12 66 22 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 12 63 25 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 9 67 24 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō): 27 58 15 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 13 70 17 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 9 67 24 Topics: art, arts
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 創作活動 (sōsaku katsudō) (ruby: (そう), (さく), (かつ), (どう)), 創作劇 (sōsakugeki) (ruby: (そう), (さく), (げき)), 創作小芥子 (sōsaku kokeshi) (ruby: (そう), (さく), (), (), ()), 創作物 (sōsakubutsu) (ruby: (そう), (さく), (ぶつ))

Verb

IPA: [so̞ːsa̠kɯ̟] Forms: 創作する ^transitive suru [canonical] (ruby: (そう), (さく)), sōsaku suru [romanization], sausaku [romanization], 創作し [stem] (ruby: (そう), (さく)), 創作した [past] (ruby: (そう), (さく))
Head templates: {{ja-verb-suru|そうさく|hhira=さうさく|tr=transitive}} 創(そう)作(さく)する • (sōsaku suru) ^(←さうさく (sausaku)?)transitive suru (stem 創(そう)作(さく)し (sōsaku shi), past 創(そう)作(さく)した (sōsaku shita))
  1. to compose, to create, to produce, to invent
    Sense id: en-創作-ja-verb-P~aoU4oE Categories (other): Japanese terms read with on'yomi, Japanese terms with 2 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese terms read with on'yomi: 14 35 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 17 36 48
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          "創",
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      "word": "創作劇"
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          "小",
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          "芥",
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          "子",
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      "word": "創作小芥子"
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          "Internet",
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        [
          "fully",
          "fully"
        ],
        [
          "original",
          "original"
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        [
          "work",
          "work"
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          "derivative",
          "derivative"
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      "ipa": "[so̞ːsa̠kɯ̟]"
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      "name": "ja-verb-suru"
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  "lang": "Japanese",
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  "pos": "verb",
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          "english": "The right to register a design belongs to the designer who created the design.",
          "ref": "2019 May 9, 澤井智毅, quotee, “第198回国会 参議院 経済産業委員会 第7号 令和元年5月9日”, in 国会会議録検索システム, 国立国会図書館:",
          "roman": "Ishō tōroku o ukeru kenri wa ishō o sōsaku shita sekkei-sha ni kizoku itashi-masu.",
          "text": "意匠登録を受ける権利は意匠を創作した設計者に帰属いたします。",
          "translation": "The right to register a design belongs to the designer who created the design.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        "to compose, to create, to produce, to invent"
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          "create",
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          "produce"
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        [
          "invent",
          "invent"
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  "word": "創作"
}
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          "作",
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          "物",
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          "roman": "Ishō tōroku o ukeru kenri wa ishō o sōsaku shita sekkei-sha ni kizoku itashi-masu.",
          "text": "意匠登録を受ける権利は意匠を創作した設計者に帰属いたします。",
          "translation": "The right to register a design belongs to the designer who created the design.",
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}

Download raw JSONL data for 創作 meaning in Japanese (5.3kB)

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