作り出す・創り出す・造り出す|つくりだすtsukuridasu[4]nakadaka (mid-high)

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Which spelling to use
作り出す作り出す is the most common written form and the recommended default for beginners. Use it when you need to choose a spelling for this word.
創り出す創り出す is less common than 作り出す. You may encounter it as a written variant, but beginners should choose 作り出す.
造り出す造り出す is less common than 作り出す and is rarely used. Recognize it as a variant, but choose 作り出す when writing.
Definitions
  1. godan verb, transitive verbto manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops)
  2. godan verb, transitive verbto invent; to dream up; to create
    もしも神かみが存在そんざいしないのならば、神かみを造り出つくりだす必要ひつようがあろう。↗
    If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.
    過あやまちのない者ものは何なんも作り出つくりだせない。↗
    He who makes no mistakes makes nothing.
Conjugation
Dictionary form作り出す(つくりだす)
Polite (masu)作り出します(つくりだします)
Negative (nai)作り出さない(つくりださない)
polite (masen)作り出しません(つくりだしません)
classical zu / nu作り出さず・作り出さぬ(つくりださず・つくりださぬ)
Past (ta)作り出した(つくりだした)
polite (mashita)作り出しました(つくりだしました)
Past negative (nakatta)作り出さなかった(つくりださなかった)
polite (masen deshita)作り出しませんでした(つくりだしませんでした)
Te form作り出して(つくりだして)
Potential作り出せる(つくりだせる)
Passive作り出される(つくりだされる)
Causative作り出させる(つくりださせる)
Causative passive作り出させられる(つくりださせられる)
Conditional (ba)作り出せば(つくりだせば)
tara作り出したら(つくりだしたら)
Volitional作り出そう(つくりだそう)
polite (mashou)作り出しましょう(つくりだしましょう)
Imperative作り出せ(つくりだせ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym作るつくるNeutralThe all-purpose word for making or producing things; 「作り出す」 stresses creating something from nothing or starting to produce.
  • Synonym生み出すうみだすWrittenWritten style: to give birth to or bring forth something new, as in 「新技術を生み出す」; 「作り出す」 leans toward human production.
  • Synonym形作るかたちづくるWrittenWritten style: to shape or form something, give it structure; 「作り出す」 leans toward creating and turning things out.
  • Synonym作り上げるつくりあげるNeutralTo finish something completely; also to fabricate or make up. 「作り出す」 points to the start of creating.
  • Synonym生むうむNeutralTo give birth or yield a result; 「作り出す」 stresses deliberate human making.
  • Synonym製作せいさくWrittenWritten style: making goods with tools or machines, also producing films and shows; 「作り出す」 is broader.
  • SynonymこしらえるCasualColloquial: to make or get something ready, as in 「料理を拵える」; 「作り出す」 leans toward creating.
  • Synonym作製さくせいWrittenWritten style: making an object or a work; 「作り出す」 leans toward creating and producing.
  • Synonym作成さくせいWrittenWritten style: drawing up documents, plans and the like; 「作り出す」 leans toward physical things or new creations.
  • Synonym制作せいさくWrittenWritten style: creating artistic works; 「作り出す」 is broader.
  • Synonym製造せいぞうWrittenWritten style: factory production, turning raw materials into products; 「作り出す」 is broader.
  • Synonym生産せいさんWrittenWritten style: producing goods and materials, an economics term; 「作り出す」 leans toward creating.
  • Synonym生じるしょうじるWrittenWritten style: to arise or occur, results appearing largely on their own; 「作り出す」 stresses making new things, and natural forces can be its subject too.
  • Synonym生成せいせいWrittenWritten style: generation or formation, mostly in science and technology; 「作り出す」 is more colloquial.
  • Synonym産出さんしゅつWrittenWritten style: output of minerals and resources; 「作り出す」 leans toward human making.
  • Synonym生ずるしょうずるWrittenWritten style, another form of 「生じる」: to arise or occur; 「作り出す」 stresses making or creating something new.
  • SynonymなすWrittenWritten style: to constitute or achieve, as in 「群れを成す」; 「作り出す」 leans toward making.
  • Synonym形成けいせいWrittenWritten style: formation or shaping, as in 「人格形成」; 「作り出す」 leans toward creating and producing.
  • Synonym創作そうさくWrittenWritten style: original literary or artistic creation, also fabrication; 「作り出す」 is broader.
  • Synonym創造そうぞうWrittenWritten style: original creation, or God's creation of the world; 「作り出す」 is more everyday.
  • Synonym創出そうしゅつWrittenWritten style: newly creating something, as in 「雇用の創出」; 「作り出す」 is more colloquial.
  • Synonym製するせいするWrittenWritten style: to manufacture; in everyday speech say 「作る」.
  • Synonym産するさんするWrittenWritten style: to produce or yield, as in 「〜に産する」; 「作り出す」 leans toward human making.
  • Synonym産生さんせいWrittenWritten style: in medicine, cells synthesizing a substance; 「作り出す」 is broader.
  • Related成形せいけいWrittenWritten style: shaping or molding something into form; 「作り出す」 is broader.
  • Antonym壊すこわすNeutralTo break or destroy; the opposite of 「作り出す」.
  • Antonym破壊するWrittenWritten style: to destroy, in whole or in part, as in 「建物の一部を破壊する」; the opposite of creative 「作り出す」.

Use 「作り出す」 for creating or producing something from nothing, as in 「新しい価値を作り出す」. For general making choose 「作る」; for bringing forth something new, 「生み出す」; for factory manufacture, 「製造」; and in formal prose for newly creating something, 「創出」. The other written terms cover narrower senses — documents (作成), artworks (制作), shaping (形成・成形), occurrence (生じる) — while 「壊す」 is the opposite, destroying what is made.

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

Japanese definitions
  1. 作つくり始はじめる。
  2. 生産せいさんする。製造せいぞうする。
  3. 新あたらしい物事ものごとを作つくる。創作そうさくする。
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