How to say "make" in Japanese

• 作るつくるJLPT N5approx.Common
  godan verb, transitive verbThe everyday verb for the basic sense of make: to create, produce, manufacture or build something concrete, from meals and objects to buildings. When you make a thing, this is the word.
  どこへ行いっても、彼かれは必かならず友達ともだちを作つくる。↗

  Wherever he may go, he is sure to make friends.
• 号ごうJLPT N1approx.Common
  noun, noun (suffix)A noun for numbering: it marks the issue or edition of a publication, and in vehicle designations it can correspond to English make or model. It is seldom the word for make in other senses.
  あなたの定期ていき購読こうどく予約よやくは六ろく月がつ号ごうで切きれます。↗

  Your subscription expires with the June issue.
• 製せいJLPT N1approx.Common
  noun (suffix), nounA suffix meaning -made: it identifies what a product is made of or where it was manufactured, and as a noun it can stand for a product's make. Not a verb for making things.
  これらの箱ばこはプラスチック製せいです。↗

  These boxes are made of plastic.
• 稼ぐかせぐJLPT N3approx.Common
  godan verb, transitive verbCovers only the money sense of make: to earn income, as from a job or business. Use it when make takes money as its object; for making anything else, choose another verb.
  私は自分じぶんの生活費せいかつひを稼かせがなくてはならない。↗

  I've got to earn my own living.
• なすCommon
  godan verb, transitive verbMeans to form or constitute: it suits abstract making, as when parts together make up a whole, more than physical production. For making concrete things, 作る is the everyday verb.
  イナゴが大群たいぐんをなしてやってきた。↗

  Locusts came in big swarms.

Use 「作る」 for making or producing things, 「稼ぐ」 only for making money, 「なす」 for forming or constituting something, while 製 and 号 are nouns: 製 marks a product's make, 号 numbers editions or designates models.

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• 作るつくるto make
• 号ごうnumber
• 製せいmake
• 稼ぐかせぐto earn (income)
• なすto form
• 犯すおかすto commit (e.g. crime)
• こしらえるto make
• 銘柄めいがらbrand
• やらかすto do (something negative)
• 仕立てるしたてるto tailor
• 形作るかたちづくるto form
• 作りつくりmaking
• 固めるかためるto harden
• 焚くたくto burn
• 作り込むつくりこむto make (with great attention to detail)
• こさえるto make
• 拵えこしらえmake
• 取り結ぶとりむすぶto make (a promise)
• 轟かすとどろかすto make (a thundering sound)
• 作すなすto make
• 製するせいするto make (something)
• 淹れるいれるto make (tea, coffee, etc.)
• たらしめるto make
• 作するさくするto make
• しでかすto (go and) do
• 延べるのべるto lay out (a futon)
• 熾すおこすto build (a fire)
• 仕立て上げるしたてあげるto make out to be
• ぶつto make (a speech)
• するto cause to become
• 立てるたてるto make (a noise)
• 折るおるto make (origami)
• 吐くはくto give (an opinion)
• 仕掛けるしかけるto challenge
• できるto come into existence
• 収めるおさめるto achieve (results, success, etc.)
• 設けるもうけるto set up
• 結うゆうto tie
• 入れるいれるto make (tea, coffee, etc.)
• あげるto make (a loud sound)
• かけるto make (a call)
• 打つうつto make (noodles, etc.)
• 開けるあけるto make (a hole)
• 焼くやくto make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.)
• 払うはらうto make (e.g. effort, sacrifice)
• 握るにぎるto make (nigirizushi, rice ball, etc.)
• 回すまわすto put (someone in a position)
• なるto come to
• 切るきるto act decisively
• 挙げるあげるto make (a loud sound)