Kanji1 / 7
作 kanji
make, production, prepare, build
- JLPT level
- N4 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 7
- School grade
- Grade 2 (elementary school)
On readings
サクサ
Kun readings
つくるつくり-づくり
Words with 作
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —試作車experimental car
- —冬作物winter crop
- —裏工作maneuvering behind the scenes; backroom deals; dodgy dealings
- —共作者coauthor; joint author; collaborator
- —共作曲joint work (art, music, etc.)
- —失敗作failure (i.e. an unsuccessful work); flop; dud; bomb
- —準新作semi-recent release (usu. video)
- —弓作成bowyery; bow making; bowcraft
- —話題作much-discussed work (book, film, etc.)
- —作編曲composition and arrangement
- —作成中under construction; in preparation
- —著作集collection (e.g. literary works); collected edition
- —主演作movie in which ... has the starring role
- —自小作landed and tenant farming; landed farming with some tenant farming on the side
- —工作船factory ship; repair ship; spy ship
- —創作欲creative urge
- —四部作tetralogy
- —贋作者counterfeiter; faker; appropriationist
- —大作家great writer; major writer
- —全作品oeuvre; complete works