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.)
Pitch accent
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Top 2200
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
Examples (200 in total)
What are you making?
Was it difficult to make?
How did you make it?