著作|ちょさくchosaku[0]heiban (flat)

1. noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbwriting (a book); book; (literary) work; writings
   デネットの著作ちょさくの中心ちゅうしん的てき主張しゅちょうは、端的たんてきに言いえば、内的ないてき精神せいしん状態じょうたいの存在そんざいを否定ひていするということである。↗

   The main point of Dennett's book, in short, is to deny the existence of inner mental states.

• Synonym著述ちょじゅつWrittenWritten register. Means writing books or the books written, largely interchangeable with 「著作」; rare today — in everyday speech 「著作」 is the usual choice.
• Synonym著書ちょしょWrittenWritten register. Books one has written, as in 「先生の著書」 — the books only; 「著作」 covers both the works and the act of writing them.
• Synonym作品さくひんNeutralNeutral. Works of any kind — paintings, films, music, not just books — and the most common word; 「著作」 leans toward books and writings.
• Synonym執筆しっぴつWrittenWritten register. The act of writing, focused on putting pen to paper — 「原稿を執筆する」; 「著作」 mostly means authoring books or the books themselves.
• Synonym書くかくNeutralNeutral verb. The everyday word for writing — characters or texts alike; 「著作」 covers authored books, the resulting works and other works besides, and is more formal.
• Synonym創作そうさくNeutralNeutral. Original literary or artistic works and their creation, set against translation and criticism; 「著作」 leans toward books and doesn't stress originality.
• Synonym著すあらわすWrittenWritten verb. Authoring a book, as in 「本を著す」; 「著作」 is a noun, though 「著作する」 is also possible.
• Synonym著ちょWrittenWritten register. A suffix meaning 'written by', as in 「山田太郎著」; 「著作」 is a standalone noun for the work.
• Synonym著作物ちょさくぶつFormalFormal legal term for works protected by copyright, including music, paintings and film; 「著作」 in ordinary use means books and articles.
• Related書籍しょせきWrittenWritten register. Books and publications, viewed as objects — as in 「書籍販売」; 「著作」 stresses that someone wrote the work.
• Related書物しょもつWrittenWritten register. Books and volumes with a slightly old-fashioned air, as in 「古い書物」; 「著作」 highlights the author and the writing.
• Related作さくNeutralNeutral. A work, mostly as a suffix — 「代表作」, 「受賞作」 — and not limited to books; 「著作」 leans toward books and articles.
• Related図書としょFormalFormal. Books in general, the word of libraries and catalogs — 「図書館」, 「図書目録」; 「著作」 stresses that an author wrote it.
• Related記すしるすWrittenWritten verb. Noting down, recording or setting something in writing, as in 「名前を記す」; 「著作」 is about authoring books on a larger scale.
• Related起草きそうWrittenWritten register. Drafting documents or bills, as in 「法案を起草する」 — the focus is on producing a first draft; 「著作」 is book authorship and the finished works.
• Related力作りきさくNeutralNeutral. A work into which great effort was poured, with a praising tone — 「渾身の力作」; 「著作」 is a plain, neutral label.
• Related労作ろうさくWrittenWritten register. A work born of painstaking effort, also labor itself, with a laudatory tone; 「著作」 is the neutral way to say it.
• Related作文さくぶんWrittenWritten register. As 「さくもん」 it is archaic — composing verse or Chinese poems; 「著作」 is the modern, everyday word for authorship.
• Related書き下ろすかきおろすNeutralNeutral verb. Writing a new work for a specific purpose, as in 「書き下ろし小説」; 「著作」 is the umbrella term for the works themselves.
• Related文章ぶんしょうNeutralNeutral. Prose or writing of any length; 「著作」 refers to authored books or finished works, on a much larger scale.
• Related書き物かきものNeutralNeutral. Things written down or the act of writing — a catch-all for documents and manuscripts; 「著作」 means authored books or finished works and is more formal.
• Related書しょWrittenWritten register. Books and documents, but also calligraphy; 「著作」 stresses writings by a particular author and has no calligraphy sense.
• Related述作じゅっさくWrittenWritten and rare. Authorship or writing, including expounding what earlier writers said; in daily use say 「著作」 or 「執筆」.
• Related書き綴るかきつづるNeutralNeutral verb. Putting thoughts and feelings into writing bit by bit, as in 「日記に書き綴る」; 「著作」 is formal book authorship.
• Related物するものするWrittenWritten verb. Composing or writing a work, as in 「小説を物する」, with a literary flavor; 「著作」 is a noun, though 「著作する」 also occurs.
• Antonym読書どくしょNeutralNeutral antonym. Reading books, as in 「読書が趣味」 — the reading side of the writing-versus-reading contrast with 「著作」.
• Antonym鑑賞かんしょうWrittenWritten antonym. Appreciating artworks, as in 「映画鑑賞」 — the appreciating side of the creating-versus-appreciating contrast with 「著作」.

Use 「著作」 for books someone has written and for the act of authorship. For the books themselves say 「著書」; in legal contexts 「著作物」; for the writing process 「執筆」 or 「書く」; for works in general 「作品」. Written alternatives like 「著述」「書籍」「書物」「図書」 and suffixes 「著」「作」 each have their niche; verbs 「著す」「記す」「書き綴る」「書き下ろす」 describe the act; 「読書」 and 「鑑賞」 are the receiving-side opposites.

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

1. 書物しょもつを書き著かきあらわすこと。また、その書物しょもつ。
2. (語意ごい1の書物しょもつより転てんじて) 書物しょもつ以外いがいの著作物ちょさくぶつを指さす。著作物ちょさくぶつを制作せいさくすることを著作ちょさくと表記ひょうきする場合ばあいもある。
3. 「著作ちょさく郎ろう」の略りゃく。 古代こだい中国ちゅうごくおよび、古代こだい日本にっぽんの、律令制りつりょうせいの官職かんしょく。内記ないきとも書かく。
4. 書物しょもつを書き著かきあらわす。