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作る is an exact match with one form of the following word:
作る
BOOST
Reading : つくる   
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to make; to produce; to manufacture; to build; to construct  (造る usu. for large-scale building, manufacturing, etc. 創る usu. for creating)
2. to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol)
3. to raise; to grow; to cultivate; to train  (see also: 野菜を作る)
4. to till
5. to draw up (a document); to make out; to prepare; to write
6. to create (an artistic work, etc.); to compose
7. to coin (a phrase); to organize; to organise; to establish; to found
8. to have (a child)
9. to make up (one's face, etc.)
10. to fabricate (an excuse, etc.)
11. to form (a line, etc.)
12. to set (a record)
13. to commit (a sin, etc.)
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Usefulness and usage:
Kanshudo usefulness level: 1 (among the 500 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 218,572 which gives a rank of 13
作る is the most useful form. 3 additional forms are shown below.
This word is a member of our collection of the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese:
• This form is used about 70% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 3,000 (about 277,000,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N5 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 14 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 433
• One of the 1240 words included in the Genki textbooks
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 4 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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Example sentences:
ですから
なつ
だけ
にほん
日本
おも
かならず
つく
ことができます
So, you would definitely be able to create memories only possible during summer in Japan.
その
かいしゃ
会社
なに
つく
っている
です
What does the company produce?
わたし
ひとりこの
いぬ
こや
小屋
つく
った

I made this kennel by myself.
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つくる
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 20% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 9,000 (about 82,500,000 results)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 3527
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 4 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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創る
BOOST
Reading : つくる   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 28,000 (about 21,400,000 results)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 7303
• This form is used as an example of an official Joyo kanji reading
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造る
BOOST
Reading : つくる   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 61,000 (about 6,240,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N2 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 4490
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form is used as an example of an official Joyo kanji reading
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サク   サ   つく to make   
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ながらも although   -なが while   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
ニ   ふた    ふた two   
stick   
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
ソウ   つく to create   
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ソウ   くら storehouse   
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assembly, gathering   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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corpse
トウ   かたな sword   
ゾウ   つく to build, to produce   
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コク   つげる to announce   
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whereupon by the ground
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
move
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