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I came across this example:

おかあさん、ほとんど着ない振り袖作ったってしょうがないよ、どうせなら、バーバリーのスーツ買ってよ。 Mom, it's a waste of money to buy me a furisode because I won't have many chances to wear it. If you want to buy me something, please buy me a Burberry's suit.

However, I couldn't find 作る to mean "buy" in the dictionaries I looked at. Is this a slang meaning? Is the translation above correct?

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No, 作る means 'to make'. (Although you will have to pay for this tailor-made garment.)

The speaker is saying don't get a furisode made for me, instead buy me a Burberry suit.

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