こしらえる・拵えるkoshiraeru[0]heiban (flat)

1. ichidan verb, transitive verbto make; to manufacture; to fabricate
   ２人ふたりの兄弟きょうだいは協力きょうりょくして食事しょくじをこしらえた。↗

   The two boys cooked their meal between them.
2. ichidan verb, transitive verbto build; to construct
3. ichidan verb, transitive verbto prepare; to get ready; to make (in advance)
4. ichidan verb, transitive verbto dress (oneself in); to dress up (in); to put on (one's makeup, a dress, etc.); to adorn (oneself in)
5. ichidan verb, transitive verbto raise money (for); to gather (a sum); to save up; to incur (a debt)
   彼かれは借金しゃっきんをこしらえた。↗

   He ran into debt.
6. ichidan verb, transitive verbto have (a child, partner, lover, etc.); to make (a friend); to start (an affair)
7. ichidan verb, transitive verbto make up (e.g. an excuse); to fabricate (a story); to invent; to concoct
   彼かれは遅刻ちこくの口実こうじつをこしらえた。↗

   He invented an excuse for being late.

• Synonym作り出すつくりだすNeutralEmphasises creating or producing something out of nothing. 「拵える」 has a strong colloquial flavour and focuses on getting things made and ready.
• Synonym作るつくるNeutralThe everyday, all-purpose 'make' with the widest range; it can replace 「拵える」 in almost any sentence. 「拵える」 sounds old-fashioned and colloquial, and is rare today.
• Synonym作り上げるつくりあげるNeutralMeans making something to completion, and also inventing or fabricating it, as in 「話を作り上げる」. The focus is on finishing the job thoroughly.
• Synonym製作せいさくWrittenA written-style noun for making things with tools or machines, and for producing films and shows. It leans toward craft and production work.
• Synonym作製さくせいWrittenA formal noun for producing things like drawings, specimens and models. It is not used for everyday colloquial making such as cooking a meal.
• Synonym製造せいぞうNeutralA noun for processing raw materials into products, mainly in industry, as in 「製造業」. More formal than the colloquial 「拵える」.
• Synonym制作せいさくNeutralA noun for creating films, art and other works, with the accent on creative production. 「拵える」 centres on making physical things.
• Synonym作成さくせいNeutralA noun mostly for drafting documents and drawing up plans or charts, also 「模型を作成する」. Formal; for making things in speech use 「作る」 or 「拵える」.
• Synonym生産せいさんNeutralA noun for producing goods, mostly in economic and industrial contexts like 「農業生産」. It can cover making items but never cooking or getting things ready.
• Synonym設けるもうけるNeutralSets up places or occasions and lays down rules, as in 「席を設ける」 and 「機会を設ける」; common in everyday speech. It is about arranging, not making.
• Synonym製するせいするWrittenA written-style verb meaning to manufacture. It can stand on its own but is rarely used today; in daily speech people say 「作る」.
• Related形作るかたちづくるNeutralForms or shapes something — concrete like moulding clay, or abstract as in 「性格を形作る」. It carries no sense of preparing things.
• Related工作こうさくNeutralA noun for handicrafts, as in 「図画工作」, and for behind-the-scenes maneuvering. 「拵える」 is the more colloquial of the two.
• Related生み出すうみだすNeutralCreates or produces, as in 「利益を生み出す」. The emphasis is on bringing new things forth, often abstract results.
• Related生むうむNeutralBears children or eggs, and also yields results or works, as in 「名作を生む」. 「拵える」 is about having things made and ready; 「子供を拵える」 is a dated phrase.
• Related組み立てるくみたてるNeutralAssembles parts into a whole, as in 「家具を組み立てる」. The focus is on putting components together.
• Related創造そうぞうWrittenA written-style noun for creating something entirely new, as in 「天地創造」. Not the word for ordinary, routine making of things.
• Related創作そうさくNeutralA noun for original artistic creation, as in 「創作料理」, and also for fabricating stories. The accent is on originality.
• Related建設けんせつNeutralA noun for constructing buildings or building up society; formal and large-scale. 「拵える」 can also mean building, but with an old colloquial ring unfit for formal use.
• Related創出そうしゅつWrittenA written-style noun for creating something new, as in 「雇用創出」. Mostly used for abstract things.
• Related準備じゅんびNeutralA noun for preparation and advance arrangements. 「拵える」 stresses actually making the thing itself.
• Related成形せいけいWrittenA technical, written-style noun for shaping or moulding, as in 「樹脂成形」. 「拵える」 is not limited to shaping; it covers making and readying things generally.
• RelatedクリエートNeutralA loanword for creating or producing original work; rare in daily use, with a trendy ring. Not the word for routine cooking or simply getting things ready.
• Related創製そうせいWrittenA written-style noun for making something for the first time, as in 「新薬の創製」, also used for a product's origin. Formal in tone.
• Related創成そうせいWrittenA written, academic noun for the founding of organizations or ventures. It never refers to making physical items.
• Antonym壊すこわすNeutralBreaks, ruins or disables things that already exist. It stands opposite to 「拵える」 at the level of making versus destroying.
• Antonym解体するWrittenDemolishes buildings, takes wholes apart or disbands organizations. It stands opposite to 「拵える」 at the level of constructing versus dismantling.

「拵える」 means making or readying things, as in 「弁当を拵える」, with a slightly old-fashioned colloquial ring; today 「作る」 is the usual choice. For industrial production use 「製造」, for assembly 「組み立てる」, for documents 「作成」, for film or art works 「制作」 or 「創作」, for bringing new things into being 「作り出す」「生み出す」 or 「創造」, for building 「建設」, for handicrafts 「工作」, for advance arrangements 「準備」, and for setting up places or occasions 「設ける」. The antonyms are 「壊す」 for destroying and 「解体する」 for dismantling.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. つくる。建たてる。製造せいぞうする。
2. 子供こどもなどを設もうける。
3. 調達ちょうたつする。用意よういする。
4. 化粧けしょうする。装よそおう。
5. 取り繕とりつくろう。偽いつわる。
6. 取とりなす。