作品|さくひんsakuhin[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounwork (e.g. book, film, painting, composition); piece; production; opus
   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.

• Synonym著作ちょさくWrittenWritten/formal prose for books and other writings one has authored; can also mean authored works generally, while 「作品」 covers creative output of any kind.
• Synonym作さくNeutralNeutral. A work or, in farming, a harvest; most often seen as a suffix, as in 「処女作」 or 「大作」.
• Synonym創作そうさくNeutralNeutral. Creating a work from one's own conception, and by extension fabrication, as in 「創作料理」; 「作品」 is the finished result itself.
• Related制作せいさくNeutralNeutral. The act or process of producing something, or the product, as in 「番組制作」; it stresses the making itself rather than the finished 「作品」.
• Related述作じゅっさくWrittenWritten/formal and classical in flavor; means writing or authorship and is rarely used today, with the emphasis on expounding rather than the finished work.
• Related細工物さいくものWrittenWritten/formal word for handcrafted objects, as in 「竹の細工物」; it stresses handwork, unlike 「作品」, which covers art of any kind.

Default to 「作品」 for any creative work. Use 「著作」 for written books, 「制作」 for the production process, 「創作」 for original creation, 「細工物」 for handicrafts, and 「〜作」 as a suffix.

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1. 人間にんげんによって作つくられたもの。特とくに、芸術げいじゅつとしての意図いとを持もって作つくられたもの。