作る
つくる
hepburn tsukuru
to make, to create
Part of speech · godan-verb
Pattern visualization
Examples
- 母がパンを作ります。My mother makes bread.
- 日本語で文を作ってください。Please make a sentence in Japanese.
Collocations
パンを作る文を作る料理を作る作り方 (recipe/how to make)手作り (handmade)
Mnemonic
作る tsukuru — a godan verb, though it looks ichidan its footsteps are godan's. At N5 the single kanji 作 holds nearly every grain of "to make," while 創る (to create) and 造る (to build) wait on higher steps. 作り方 is the path of making; 手作り is the thing the hand itself shaped. Kanji-reading kin: 作 surfaces as Korean 'jak' (作品), Mandarin zuò.
Quick check
What is the te-form of 作る?