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原作 (げんさく): original work — Japanese vocabulary

原作 is read げんさく and means "original work". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

原作

Reading
げんさく · gensaku
Translation
original work
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
げんさくが

Example

その映画は原作ほどおもしろくなかった。

そのえいがはげんさくほどおもしろくなかった。

The movie was less funny than the book.

Kanji in this word

  • 原 — original, field
  • 作 — make, create

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