Illustration: In a small product workshop, a designer fastens the final adjustable arm onto a rough prototype of a folding laundry hanger. Its joints remain exposed, and temporary clamps hold mismatched wooden and plastic pieces together.

JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

試し作さく

shisaku

to make a prototype

Example sentences

  1. 白砂糖はくしゃとう、マッチ、銀板写真ぎんいたしゃしんなども試作しさくしていた。

    He experimentally produced white sugar, matches and daguerreotypes.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  2. 試作しさく1号品ごうひんは来日らいにちしたビル・クリントン大統領夫妻だいとうりょうふさいに贈呈ぞうていされた。

    The first prototype was presented to the President Bill CLINTON and his wife, who came to Japan.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. またテストに使つかわれた試作しさく電車でんしゃは、東海道新幹線開業後とうかいどうしんかんせんかいぎょうごに改造かいぞうを受うけた。

    The experimental electric train-cars used for the tests were modified after the Tokaido Shinkansen line started its operation.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 試作

  • 試test; tryOnシKunこころみる・ためす
  • 作make; productionOnサク・サKunつくる・つくり

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