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作つくり

Meanings

Noun

1. making; producing; manufacturing; building; construction; make; structure

この机つくえは作つくりがしっかりしている。This desk is solidly made.

2. appearance (attire, make-up, etc.)

3. build; physique

人にん間げんと同おなじような身体からだの作つくりにしているから、汗あせも出でる。Because it is built with a physique similar to that of a human, it also sweats.

4. sashimi

今こん夜やは鯛たいの作つくりにしよう。Let's have sea bream sashimi tonight.

5. forced (smile, etc.)

Alt. forms

Kanji used

make

Pitch accent

つ

くり

Used in vocabulary (63 in total)

作つくり出だす

to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create

作つくり上あげる

to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent

作つくり物もの

artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)

Examples (18 in total)

さすがに見み事ごとな作つくりだな。

As you'd expect, it's splendidly made.

この机つくえは作つくりがしっかりしている。

This desk is solidly made.

パン作つくりに凝こり始はじめてね。

I've started getting really into baking bread, you see.