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
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.)
作曲【さっきょく】
composition (of music), setting, writing music
工作【こうさく】
handicraft, work, construction, manufacturing, maneuvering, manoeuvering
操作【そうさ】
operation, management, handling, manipulating (to one's benefit), manipulation, influencing
製作【せいさく】
manufacture, production, production (of a film, play, TV show, etc.)
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
副作用【ふくさよう】
side effect, adverse reaction
原作【げんさく】
original work
作【さく】
work (e.g. of art), production, harvest, cultivation, farming, crop, yield, technique
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
名作【めいさく】
masterpiece