作業【さぎょう】
work, operation, task
作品【さくひん】
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.), opus, performance, production
作家【さっか】
author, writer, novelist, artist
作戦【さくせん】
tactics, strategy, military operation, naval operation
制作【せいさく】
work (film, book), production, creation, turning (something) out, development
製作【せいさく】
manufacture, production, production (of a film, play, TV show, etc.)
作る【つくる】
to make, to produce, to manufacture, to build, to construct, to prepare (food), to brew (alcohol), to raise, to grow, to cultivate, to train, to till, to draw up (a document), to make out, to prepare, to write, to create (an artistic work, etc.), to compose, to coin (a phrase), to organize, to organise, to establish, to found, to have (a child), to make up (one's face, etc.), to fabricate (an excuse, etc.), to give a (false) appearance, to feign (a smile, etc.), to put on a show of emotion, to form (a line, etc.), to set (a record), to commit (a sin, etc.)
工作【こうさく】
handicraft, work, construction, manufacturing, maneuvering, manoeuvering
作曲【さっきょく】
composition (of music), setting, writing music
操作【そうさ】
operation, management, handling, manipulating (to one's benefit), manipulation, influencing
作成【さくせい】
making (a report, plan, contract, etc.), drawing up, writing out, preparing, creating (a file, website, account, etc.)
作者【さくしゃ】
creator (of a work), author, writer, artist, composer, playwright, dramatist
原作【げんさく】
original work
副作用【ふくさよう】
side effect, adverse reaction
創作【そうさく】
creation, production, creative work (novel, film, etc.), original work, (creative) writing, fabrication, fiction, invention
手作り【てづくり】
handmade, homegrown, hand-crafted, homemade
作用【さよう】
action, operation, effect, function
作文【さくぶん】
writing (an essay, prose, etc.), composition, formal writing with little real meaning
発作【ほっさ】
fit, spasm, attack, seizure
名作【めいさく】
masterpiece