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
作戦【さくせん】
tactics, strategy, military operation, naval operation
作家【さっか】
author, writer, novelist, artist
制作【せいさく】
work (film, book), production, creation, turning (something) out, development
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
工作【こうさく】
handicraft, work, construction, manufacturing, maneuvering, manoeuvering
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.)
作成【さくせい】
making (a report, plan, contract, etc.), drawing up, writing out, preparing, creating (a file, website, account, etc.)
副作用【ふくさよう】
side effect, adverse reaction
原作【げんさく】
original work
作者【さくしゃ】
creator (of a work), author, writer, artist, composer, playwright, dramatist
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
作文【さくぶん】
writing (an essay, prose, etc.), composition, formal writing with little real meaning
作用【さよう】
action, operation, effect, function
名作【めいさく】
masterpiece