Illustration: On a small Japanese film set, a director holds open a well-used picture book showing a rabbit sheltering beneath an overturned washbasin. Immediately behind the book, an actor in a rabbit costume crouches beneath a matching full-size basin while a crew member positions artificial rain overhead.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

原げん作さく

gensaku

original work

Example sentences

そのドラマは原作げんさくと違ちがっている。
The drama differs from the original story.
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原作げんさくは学校がっこうの教科書きょうかしょとして書かかれた。
The original was written as a school textbook.
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その映画えいがは原作げんさくほどおもしろくない。
The movie is not so interesting as the original.
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Kanji in 原作

原meadow; originalOnゲンKunはら
作make; productionOnサク・サKunつくる・つくり

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