To Make
To Build, To Create
transitive verb, godan verb
This word consists of kanji with hiragana attached. Because the hiragana ends with an う sound, you know this word is a verb. The kanji itself means make. The verb form of that is to make.
Since this word consists of a kanji with hiragana attached, you can bet that it will use the kun'yomi reading. You didn't learn that reading with this kanji, so here's a mnemonic to help you:
Every time you try to make something, it ends up being too cool (つく). That's not an exaggeration. The stuff you make is literally too cool for the general public to see. They'd probably go crazy and start rioting, and before you know it society itself would collapse. No one's saying you need to stop making things, but please — hide your too-cool creations away somewhere. The world just isn't ready for them yet.
自分で作る
to make something oneself
日本で作る
to make something in Japan
手で作る
to make something by hand
システムを作る
to make a system
ものを作る
to create things
ホームページを作る
to make a website
いっしょに作る
to make something together
そこに作る
to make something there
人のために作る
to make something for others
母は、いつもサンドイッチを作る。
My mother always makes sandwiches.
学生ポータルのアカウントもう作った？
Have you already created a student portal account?
ロボットを作りたくて工学のクラスをとってます。
I am taking an engineering class because I want to build a robot.