JLPT N5 vocabulary
作る: meaning, reading and conjugation
Reading and pitch accent
つくる2Nakadaka · falls inside
Godan verb (u-verb)
Meaning
- to make, produce, manufacture, build, construct
- to prepare (food), brew (alcohol)
- to raise, grow, cultivate, train
- to till
- to draw up (a document), make out, prepare, write
- to create (an artistic work, etc.), compose
- to coin (a phrase), organize, establish, found
- to have (a child)
- to make up (one's face, etc.)
- to fabricate (an excuse, etc.)
- to give a (false) appearance, feign (a smile, etc.), put on a show of emotion
- to form (a line, etc.)
- to set (a record)
- to commit (a sin, etc.)

Conjugation
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Basics | ||
| Plain present辞書形 · ない形 | 作る | 作 |
| Plain pastた形 · なかった形 | 作 | 作 |
| Polite presentます形 | 作 | 作 |
| Polite pastました形 | 作 | 作 |
| Te-formて形 | 作 | 作 |
| Conditions and moods | ||
| If (-ba)ば形 | 作 | 作 |
| If / when (-tara)たら形 | 作 | 作 |
| Let’s / will意向形 | 作 | —not in common use |
| Want toたい形 | 作 | 作 |
| Command / don’t命令形 · 禁止形 | 作 | 作る |
| Can · passive · causative | ||
| Can (potential)可能形 | 作 | 作 |
| Passive受身形 | 作 | 作 |
| Make / let使役形 | 作 | 作 |
| Be made to使役受身形 | 作 | 作 |
Example sentences
この車は十年前に作られました。
This car was made ten years ago.
入院したお母さんに代わって僕は夕食を作ります。
In place of mother, who is in the hospital, I'll make dinner.
私が夕飯を作る間、 弟はテレビを見ていました。
My little brother was watching TV while I was cooking dinner.