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
make
Pitch accent
Top 200
Used in vocabulary (15 in total)
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 farm; to cultivate a field
to put on coquettish airs; to act flirtatiously; to act kittenish
to compose a poem
to compose a haiku poem
to make up a party
to put on coquettish airs; to act flirtatiously; to act kittenish
to put up an (emotional) wall (between two people); to become distant; to form a wall (of people)
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 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?