JLPT N5 · Verb

作る (tsukuru)

作る (つくる, tsukuru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to make; to produce”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: つくる
Romaji: tsukuru
Word class: Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
Level: JLPT N5 (unofficial)

Meaning

to make; to produce; to manufacture; to build; to construct · godan verb, transitive · 造る usu. for large-scale building, manufacturing, etc.; 創る usu. for creating
to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol) · godan verb, transitive
to raise; to grow; to cultivate; to train · godan verb, transitive
to till · godan verb, transitive
to draw up (a document); to make out; to prepare; to write · godan verb, transitive

Example sentences

どこへ行っても、彼は必ず友達を作る。

Wherever he may go, he is sure to make friends.

Tatoeba #200881

たまごを割らずにオムレツは作れない。

You can't make an omelet without breaking eggs.

Tatoeba #203324

あなたの菜園で作れる穀物や野菜を食べて生活する方がずっと安上がりだ。

It's much cheaper to live on grains and vegetables you can grow in your garden.

Tatoeba #233283

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 作る

Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Dictionary	作る	つくる tsukuru
Polite (~masu)	作ります	つくります tsukurimasu
Negative	作らない	つくらない tsukuranai
Polite negative	作りません	つくりません tsukurimasen
Past	作った	つくった tsukutta
Polite past	作りました	つくりました tsukurimashita
Negative past	作らなかった	つくらなかった tsukuranakatta
Te-form	作って	つくって tsukutte
Potential	作れる	つくれる tsukureru
Passive	作られる	つくられる tsukurareru
Causative	作らせる	つくらせる tsukuraseru
Volitional	作ろう	つくろう tsukurou
Imperative	作れ	つくれ tsukure
Conditional (~ba)	作れば	つくれば tsukureba

Kanji in 作る

作

make, production, prepareサク・サ・つく.る・つく.り · 7 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 作る.

作文さくぶんwriting (an essay, prose, etc.)作さくwork (e.g. of art)作法さほうmanners作業さぎょうwork作品さくひんwork (e.g. book, film, painting, composition)作物さくもつcrop作家さっかauthor作曲さっきょくcomposition (of music)操作そうさoperation傑作けっさくmasterpiece作者さくしゃcreator (of a work)作成さくせいmaking (a report, plan, contract, etc.)作製さくせいmanufacture製作せいさくmanufacture

Source: JMdict entry 1597890 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.