Illustration: At a low table in a Japanese apartment, a child attaches the final cardboard wheel to a homemade toy bus. Cardboard offcuts, a glue stick, spare bottle caps and a short wooden axle reveal the materials used. One hand steadies the newly assembled body while the other presses the wheel into place.

JLPT N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

こしらえる

koshiraeru

to make

Example sentences

  1. ２人りの兄弟きょうだいは協力きょうりょくして食事しょくじをこしらえた。

    The two boys cooked their meal between them.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. その料理人りょうりにんは毎日違まいにちちがう料理りょうりを拵こしらえる。

    This cook cooks different meals every day.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. サラダをこしらえる。

    I make a salad.

    Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

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