つく
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.)
Kanji used
create
Pitch accent
Top 4000
Examples (18 in total)
The house is made of stone.
I will construct a wooden building.
A tunnel has been bored through the mountain.
What a beautiful garden they made!
He built forty-eight forts.
Cars made in Japan are used all over the world.
Boston Dynamics created a robot that can even run.
Tom makes beautiful furniture out of wood.
Human beings are created to create things.
The park was designed for small children.
Wine made here is very famous.
The house is built in European style.
It is in the nature of birds to fly and build nests.
It's a fort built to defend the town from invasion.
The children on the beach are building a sand castle.
This dam was built at the cost of many lives.
This cabin is built from logs.
The old church on the hill dates back to the twelfth century.