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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
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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
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Examples (200 in total)
What are you making?
Was it difficult to make?
How did you make it?
I'll make some coffee.
I'm making a list.
I'm making dessert.
I grow rice.
I made this.
What did you make?
Do you know who made it?
Are you making friends here?
It's easy to make this.
We made this.
How do you make a box?
Do you cook, too?
What kind of music do you make?
Humans shape the environment.
Glass is made from sand.
I made curry for the first time.
Where did you have your suit made?
Let's cook dinner together.
I made a table out of bamboo.
Automobiles are made in factories.
Cheese is made from milk.
What kind of boat do you want to build?
Farmers produce crops.
Clothes make the man.
I can make takoyaki.
We grow wheat here.
Bees make honey.
Meg is preparing breakfast.
Strawberries are made into jam.
I'll make breakfast.
What can you make with chicken?
Silkworms spin cocoons.
I wonder who made all this.
I want to be able to make something like this too.
Are you cooking tonight?
My mother prepares my meals.
This table is made of wood.
This desk is made of wood.
Did your mother make those?
Can you cook a meal?
Did you make this doll by yourself?
That company makes cars.
This bridge is built of stone.
Let's make a sandcastle.
This is a camera made in Japan.
Kate knows how to make a cake.
Do you have to make dinner?
I'll make breakfast for you.
These cars are made in Japan.
Are you going to make a shelf?
The people set up a new government.
How did you make this soup?
This device produces electricity.
Mum made lunch for me.
Cookie's house is made of wood.
Do you have any beers from local microbreweries?
What did you cook? It smells delicious.
That toy is made of wood.
I insist that exceptions not be made.
Teach me how to make a salad.
He made a medal of gold.
Bob cooks breakfast in the morning.
They made a frame with tape.
We made statues out of wood.
I started to make stew.
My uncle made a will last year.
We made brochures at small cost.
Today I cooked little jam tarts with my cousin.
We made pancakes for breakfast.
I tasted the cake she cooked.
"What're you making?" "It's pumpkin soup."
Chocolate is made from cocoa beans.
To tell the truth, I did not make it myself.
Will you teach me how to make this?
He made it for his sister.
I'll make you a new suit.
Stone was used to build their houses.
It smells great. What are you cooking?
He made his son a chair.
We make lots of things out of paper.
His work is making watches.
It's easy to make and it's cheap.
This cake is made of the finest ingredients.
The machinery was produced by American company.
I have all suits made to order.
It's much cheaper to make it yourself.
Children will produce beautiful works when they grow up.
He forged the steel into a sword.
Boards are used to make floors.
The statue was cast in a mold.
This is a good place to build a sand castle.
I made a doll for Ann.
A high school student made this robot.
How was this cake made?
The manufacturer of the medicine is a Japanese company.
This desk is designed for children.
My grandmother made a new dress for me.
This is how I made it.
He made her a bookshelf.
He knows how to make a radio.
She cooked vegetable soup last night.
London was a city built for the horse.
We made much effort to build the boat.
This factory makes car parts.
She can make her own dresses.
This is the dress I made last week.
They defied the laws of the king.
I grew tomatoes last year and they were very good.
They dug through the mountain and built a tunnel.
Did you really bake the pie by yourself?
I've already made a video about that.
Cheese and butter are products made from milk.
If you make your own clothes, it will save you money.
This is a dress that Mary made by herself.
The children are building sand castles on the beach.
They built the ship in accordance with the plans.
Mary made a cake without her mother's knowledge.
Mom made lunch for us.
Clay is the essential ingredient in making pottery.
We hope to organize a tennis club.
He carved marble into a statue.
Father made a long tear in his sleeve.
You've set a bad example.
Shelters have been built in fear of war.
It took several months to make that movie.
Emi had her mother make a dress.
My mother made me a bag.
I read about how to make tempura in a book.
This problem is of his own making.
Wherever he may go, he is sure to make friends.
She cooks for him every day.
My sister cooks us delicious dishes.
He finally found out how to make it.
We sat around the fire in a circle.
"I made it myself," he said proudly.
She has a special way of making bread.
This is how I made the machine.
Her mother made her a new dress.
We use cloth to make clothes.
He sometimes makes dinner for us.
The park was built for the benefit of the public.
Machines that his company produces are superior to ours.
The bridge is designed to open in the middle.
He made her a new coat.
When I entered the kitchen, she was making chicken curry with rice.
My father made me a delicious lunch.
She cooked us a wonderful meal.
He made the plan along with his colleagues.
My grandmother made me a new dress.
She cut up the cloth to make bandages.
My grandfather used to make his own furniture.
I don't have time to make you a sandwich.
Make a sentence with each of these words.
The smell of cooking makes me hungry.
My mother made me a cute skirt.
My aunt made me a new skirt.
Mother taught me how to make miso soup.
John makes music, but doesn't sing.
We are using a new process to make butter.
Mr Smith made him some toys.
Mother made me a pure white dress.
This is much tastier than what Tom usually makes.
Dan likes to make model cars.
Tom and Mary built a sand castle on the beach.
The Mayas made their balls out of rubber.
Why won't anyone eat what I made?
A new team was formed in order to take part in the race.
If you set the table, I'll do the cooking.
He made a desk and two benches for us.
People are lonely because they build walls instead of bridges.
They had games, made good friends, and enjoyed themselves very much.
The Japanese make a group and tend to act together.
She made a beautiful dinner for all of us.
The piano was made of beautiful, dark brown wood.
People build houses, dams, bridges, ships and so on.
Mary picked some strawberries in the forest to make strawberry jam.
Since you did the cooking, I'll do the dishes.
He was wearing a gold necklace and a coat made of bird feathers.
When making a cake, you must use eggs, butter and sugar.
I had pizza for lunch, so make dinner something other than pizza.
Someday, I want to have my own store and make delicious food for my customers.
I'll do your shopping, clean up the house, and cook your dinner for you.
Until quite recently, most of the things we needed were made by hand.
Those birds build their nests in the summer and fly to the south in the winter.
There on the top of a high mountain they built a small town of their own and lived in peace.
Nothing gives us so much pleasure as making things ourselves.
He was busy making a telescope.
Rice is grown in many parts of the world.
Are you hungry? I'll make you something.
The first electronic computer was produced in our country in 1941.
This is how we make ice cream.
I thought you might be hungry, so I made some sandwiches.
My mother is making me a birthday cake.
George's sister made me some sandwiches.
By the age of seven, he had already made his own bow and arrows.
We need flour, sugar and eggs to make this cake.
He used a big piece of paper to make the bag.