I Love Kanji傑作 (kessaku)
傑作 (けっさく, kessaku) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “masterpiece; masterwork”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- けっさく
- Romaji
- kessaku
- Word class
- な-adjective
- Level
- JLPT N2 (unofficial)
Meaning
- masterpiece; masterwork; chef d'oeuvre; fine piece of work · noun
- (unintentionally) hilarious; absurd (e.g. blunder); outrageous; wild · な-adjective, noun · jocular, dated
Example sentences
その偉大な画家の傑作が壁にさかさまにかかっているを見て、彼は驚いた。
He was surprised to find the great artist's masterpiece hung on the wall upside down.
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 傑作
な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Present (plain) | 傑作だ | けっさくだ kessakuda |
| Present (polite) | 傑作です | けっさくです kessakudesu |
| Negative | 傑作じゃない | けっさくじゃない kessakujanai |
| Past | 傑作だった | けっさくだった kessakudatta |
| Negative past | 傑作じゃなかった | けっさくじゃなかった kessakujanakatta |
| Te-form | 傑作で | けっさくで kessakude |
| Before a noun | 傑作な | けっさくな kessakuna |
| Adverb (~ni) | 傑作に | けっさくに kessakuni |
Kanji in 傑作
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 傑作.
作文さくぶんwriting (an essay, prose, etc.)作るつくるto make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 1253840 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.