作製|さくせいsakusei[0]heiban (flat)

1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbmanufacture; production

• Synonym製作せいさくNeutralVery close to 「作製」: making things with tools or machines, plus production of films and plays. Note that 「作製」 is often used for specimens and maps.
• Synonym作成さくせいNeutralFor drafting documents and preparing forms, e.g. 「書類を作成する」; it centers on paperwork rather than physical objects.
• Synonym製造せいぞうNeutralIndustrial: processing raw materials into products, as in 「製造業」. 「作製」 is about producing one specific, concrete item.
• Synonym制作せいさくNeutralFor creating artworks and producing films or programs, e.g. 「番組制作」; the emphasis is on creative work.
• Synonym作り出すつくりだすNeutralTo create or turn something out, e.g. 「新しい文化を作り出す」.
• Synonym作り上げるつくりあげるNeutralTo make or complete something; can also mean to fabricate or make up, as in 「話を作り上げる」.
• SynonymこしらえるCasualColloquial: to make or get something ready, e.g. 「弁当を拵える」; carries a warm, familiar feel.
• Synonym作るつくるNeutralThe everyday all-purpose verb for making things; the most common choice by far, with the broadest range of uses.
• Synonym製するせいするWrittenWritten and formal: a standalone verb meaning to make or manufacture. Rare in modern usage — say 「作る」 instead. 「作製」 is a noun.
• Related形作るかたちづくるNeutralTo form or shape something into a given form, e.g. 「人格を形作る」; leans abstract rather than physical making.
• Related生み出すうみだすNeutralTo create or bring forth something new, e.g. 「利益を生み出す」; stresses bringing something into being where there was nothing.
• Related組み立てるくみたてるNeutralTo assemble parts into a whole, e.g. 「模型を組み立てる」; the focus is on putting pieces together.
• Related工作こうさくNeutralA noun for handicrafts — as in the school subject 「図画工作」 — or for behind-the-scenes maneuvering.
• Related生産せいさんNeutralAn economics-leaning term for producing goods and materials, e.g. 「生産量」. 「作製」 is about making one specific item.
• Related成形せいけいWrittenA written, technical noun for shaping or molding something into form, e.g. 「プラスチック成形」.
• RelatedこさえるCasualColloquial: to make or get something ready, e.g. 「弁当を拵える」; carries a warm, familiar feel.
• Antonym破棄はきWrittenA written, formal noun for tearing up and discarding documents or annulling decisions; opposite of 「作製」 in whether something is kept.
• Antonym破壊はかいWrittenA written, formal noun for destroying or wrecking things; the direct opposite of making them.

Use 「作製」 for making a physical object or artwork with tools or machines, as in 「標本を作製する」. For drafting documents use 「作成」, for industrial production 「製造」, for artworks and shows 「制作」, and in everyday speech just say 「作る」. 「製作」 is the closest synonym; the other verbs cover specific manners of making — assembling, shaping, creating from nothing. To tear up documents use 「破棄」; to destroy physical things, 「破壊」.

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1. 道具どうぐや機械きかいなどを用もちいて物品ぶっぴんを作つくること。また、芸術げいじゅつ作品さくひんを作り出つくりだすこと。