How to say "creation" in Japanese

• 設定せっていJLPT N1approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbCovers 'creation' only in the sense of establishing or setting something up — the setting of a novel or film, or establishing conditions; it is seldom the word for actually creating something.
  設定せってい料金りょうきんに労務ろうむ費用ひようは含ふくみません。↗

  The stated price does not include labor charges.
• 生成せいせいCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbCovers creation as generation or formation — something brought into existence by a process, typically technical or scientific, such as generating images, data, or substances; not the word for artistic creation.
  AとBを反応はんのうさせるとCが生成せいせいされます。↗

  C is formed by reacting A with B.
• 創造そうぞうJLPT N1approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbThe word for creation as bringing something entirely new into being, whether the divine creation of the world or artistic creation; it stresses the creative act itself.
• 創作そうさくJLPT N2approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbCovers creation in the artistic sense — making novels, films, and other works — and the works themselves; it implies an original, invented work rather than a factual account.
  この画家がかは美うつくしい絵画かいがを創作そうさくする。↗

  This artist creates beautiful paintings.
• 創出そうしゅつCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbCovers creation as bringing something into existence, typically abstract things such as jobs, opportunities, or demand; it is not the usual word for artistic creation.
  ここでの問題もんだいは、社会しゃかいのトレンドを概観がいかんできるような枠組わくぐみを創出そうしゅつすることである。↗

  The question here is one of creating the framework with which we can outline the social trend.

Use 創造 for bringing something new into being, 創作 for making original works, 生成 for generating things through a process, 創出 for producing jobs or opportunities, and 設定 only for establishing settings or conditions.

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• 設定せっていestablishment
• 生成せいせいcreation
• 創造そうぞうcreation
• 創作そうさくcreation
• 創出そうしゅつcreation
• 制定せいていenactment
• 創始そうしcreation
• 構築こうちくconstruction
• 造成ぞうせいdevelopment (of land)
• 創生そうせいcreation
• クリエイションcreation
• 創成そうせいcreation
• 造化ぞうかcreation
• 天地創造てんちそうぞうcreation (of the universe)
• 造物ぞうぶつall things in nature
• 開闢かいびゃくbeginning of the world
• 創見そうけんoriginality
• 創造物そうぞうぶつcreature
• 肇造ちょうぞうestablishment
• 誕生たんじょうcreation
• 制作せいさくproduction
• プロデュースproduction
• 所生しょせいchild
• 人定じんていenactment