How to say "production" in Japanese

• 作品さくひんJLPT N3approx.Common
  nounCovers 'production' as a finished creative work — a film, book, painting or piece of music. Use it when 'production' names the work itself rather than the activity of making something.
  これは母ははの作品さくひんの一ひとつです。↗

  It is something my mother made.
• 生産せいさんJLPT N4approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbThis is 'production' in the economic sense: the activity of making goods and the amount produced. It fits talk of output and manufacturing, not of artworks or stage performances.
  この工場こうじょうはＣＤプレーヤーを生産せいさんしている。↗

  This factory produces CD players.
• 作さくJLPT N1approx.Common
  noun, noun (suffix)A compact word for a work or piece, chiefly of art; as 'production' it is marginal. For a standalone reference to a finished work, the fuller word 作品 is usually the clearer choice.
  この絵えはモネの作さくとされている。↗

  This painting is attributed to Monet.
• 製造せいぞうJLPT N3approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbThis is 'production' as manufacture: the process of making goods. It overlaps with 生産; 生産 leans toward output as an economic activity, while 製造 centers on the making itself.
  その工場こうじょうは玩具がんぐを製造せいぞうしている。↗

  The factory manufactures toys.
• 演出えんしゅつJLPT N1approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verb'Production' in the theatre and film sense: the staging and direction of a play or film. It names the directing side of a performance, not a manufactured product or a finished work.
  その劇げきは彼かれによって演出えんしゅつされた。↗

  The play was produced by him.

Use 作品 for a finished creative work, 生産 or 製造 for industrial production of goods, 演出 for the staging and direction of a play or film, and 作 only as a compact word for a work or piece.

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• 作品さくひんwork (e.g. book, film, painting, composition)
• 生産せいさんproduction
• 作さくwork (e.g. of art)
• 製造せいぞうmanufacture
• 演出えんしゅつdirection (of a play, film, etc.)
• 提出ていしゅつpresentation (of documents)
• 製作せいさくmanufacture
• プロダクションproduction
• 提示ていじpresentation (of a passport, ID, etc.)
• 創作そうさくcreation
• 出来高できだかyield
• 産出さんしゅつproduction
• 作製さくせいmanufacture
• 産生さんせいproduction
• 生成規則せいせいきそくproduction
• 生産高せいさんだかyield
• 呈示ていじpresentation (of a passport, ID, bill of exchange, etc.)
• 産出高さんしゅつだか(amount of) output
• 挙績きょせきsales (in insurance)
• 産額さんがく(amount of) production
• プロproduction
• 制作せいさくproduction
• 発生はっせいgeneration (of power, heat, etc.)
• 出産しゅっさんproduction (of goods)
• プロデュースproduction