製作

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 製作, read せいさく, denotes making an object or work.
• Basic usage: In 文化祭に向けて、舞台の大道具を製作している。, large stage props are being made for the cultural festival.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• What is made
  • を marks the object made, as in 大道具を製作している and 木製家具を製作する. The word is not limited to factory mass production.