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つくる
Meanings
Verb (5-dan, る, transitive)
1. to make; to produce; to manufacture; to build; to construct
造る usu. for large-scale building, manufacturing, etc.; 創る usu. for creating
2. to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol)
3. to raise; to grow; to cultivate; to train
4. to till
5. to draw up (a document); to make out; to prepare; to write
6. to create (an artistic work, etc.); to compose
7. to coin (a phrase); to organize; to organise; to establish; to found
8. to have (a child)
9. to make up (one's face, etc.)
10. to fabricate (an excuse, etc.)
11. to give a (false) appearance; to feign (a smile, etc.); to put on a show of emotion
12. to form (a line, etc.)
13. to set (a record)
14. to commit (a sin, etc.)
Alt. forms
作つくる
86%
つくる
7%
造つくる
4%
創つくる
1%
Pitch accent
つ
く
る
Top 2200
Conjugations...Used in: 3178
Used in vocabulary (16 in total)
to put on coquettish airs; to act flirtatiously; to act kittenish
to crow at the break of dawn (of a rooster, etc.); to mark the dawn; to proclaim the dawn
to crow at the break of dawn (of a rooster, etc.); to mark the dawn; to proclaim the dawn
to raise a war cry
to farm; to cultivate a field
to make time; to carve out some time (to do something)
to create a debt in one's favor (e.g. by doing someone a favor); to create an obligation in one's favor
to form a line (row)
to compose a poem
to grow vegetables
to compose a haiku poem
to make up a party
to put up an (emotional) wall (between two people); to become distant; to form a wall (of people)
to raise a war cry
to set a bad example; to create a bad precedent
to be ready to cry; to be on the point of tears
Examples (200 in total)
What are you making?
Was it difficult to make?
How did you make it?
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