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English Meanings:
noun
- work
元
[もと]
moto
noun, counter
Alternate Written Forms:
English Meanings:
noun
- origin; source (usu. 元)
- base; basis; foundation; root (esp. 基)
- cause (also 因, 原)
- ingredient; material (esp. 素)
- (somebody's) side; (somebody's) location
- original cost (or capital, principal, etc.)
- (plant) root; (tree) trunk
- first section of a waka
counter
- counter for blades of grass, tree trunks, etc., and for falcons (in falconry)
noun
- handle (chopsticks, brush, etc.); grip
作
[さく]
saku
noun, noun, used as a suffix
English Meanings:
noun, noun, used as a suffix
- work (e.g. of art); production
noun
- harvest; cultivation; farming; crop; yield
- technique
作業
[さぎょう]
sagyou
noun, suru verb
English Meanings:
noun, suru verb
- work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
作品
[さくひん]
sakuhin
noun
English Meanings:
noun
- work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
芝居
[しばい]
shibai
noun
English Meanings:
noun
- play; drama
書籍
[しょせき]
shoseki
noun
Alternate Written Forms:
書籍
[しょじゃく]
shojaku
Outdated Reading
English Meanings:
noun
- book; publication
制作
[せいさく]
seisaku
noun, suru verb
English Meanings:
noun, suru verb
- work (film, book)
- production; creation; turning (something) out; development
創作
[そうさく]
sousaku
noun, suru verb
English Meanings:
noun, suru verb
- creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); original work; (creative) writing
- fabrication; fiction; invention
着る
[きる]
kiru
ichidan verb, transitive verb
Alternate Written Forms:
English Meanings:
ichidan verb, transitive verb
- to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on
- to bear (guilt, etc.)
著作
[ちょさく]
chosaku
noun, suru verb
English Meanings:
noun, suru verb
- writing; book
著書
[ちょしょ]
chosho
noun
English Meanings:
noun
- (written) work; book; writings
本
[ほん]
hon
noun, prefix, suffix, counter
English Meanings:
noun
- book; volume; script
prefix
- this; present
- main; head
- real; regular
suffix, counter
- counter for long cylindrical things; counter for films, TV shows, etc.; counter for goals, home runs, etc.; counter for telephone calls (sometimes pronounced ぼん or ぽん)
力作
[りきさく]
rikisaku
noun, suru verb
Alternate Written Forms:
力作
[りょくさく]
ryokusaku
English Meanings:
noun
- painstaking piece of work; work of great effort; tour de force; outstanding work (esp. りきさく)
noun, suru verb
- toil; labor; labour (esp. りょくさく)
労作
[ろうさく]
rousaku
noun, suru verb
English Meanings:
noun, suru verb
- toil; labor; labour; laborious task
noun
- painstaking piece of work; (a) work involving considerable effort
述作
[じゅっさく]
jussaku
noun, suru verb
English Meanings:
noun, suru verb
- writing a book; literary work
著
[ちょ]
cho
noun, suffix, na adjective
English Meanings:
noun
- work; book
suffix
- (a book) by
na adjective, noun
- obvious; striking
細工物
[さいくもの]
saikumono
noun
Alternate Written Forms:
細工もの
[さいくもの]
saikumono
English Meanings:
noun
- handiwork; ware
著作集
[ちょさくしゅう]
chosakushuu
noun
English Meanings:
noun
- collection (e.g. literary works); collected edition