創建|そうけんsouken[0]heiban (flat)

1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbestablishment; foundation
   城しろの創建そうけんは１１世紀せいきにさかのぼると伝つたえられる。↗

   It is said that the castle dates back to the 11th century.

• Synonym設立せつりつNeutralNeutral. For founding organizations and companies, as in 「会社を設立する」; 「創建」 is mostly said of the first construction of temples and buildings.
• Synonym創設そうせつWrittenWritten/formal prose. For newly setting up systems and organizations, e.g. 「奨学金を創設」; 「創建」 focuses on the original construction of temples and shrines.
• Synonym創立そうりつWrittenWritten/formal prose. For founding schools and companies, as in 「創立記念日」; 「創建」 is said mainly of temples and shrines.
• Synonym創業そうぎょうNeutralNeutral. For starting a business or venture, e.g. 「創業百年」; 「創建」 is mostly said of temples and shrines.
• Synonym創始そうしWrittenWritten/formal prose. For originating something new such as a school or doctrine; 「創建」 covers buildings and organizations.
• Related設置せっちNeutralNeutral. For setting up institutions and also installing equipment; 「創建」 refers specifically to the very first establishment.
• Related樹立じゅりつWrittenWritten/formal prose. For firmly establishing a regime or relationships, and for setting records; 「創建」 is about first building structures or organizations.
• Related開設かいせつNeutralNeutral. For opening facilities and accounts, e.g. 「口座を開設」; 「創建」 centers on the original construction of temples and shrines.
• Related新設しんせつNeutralNeutral. For newly setting up subjects, routes and the like; 「創建」 emphasizes a historical first construction.
• Related結成けっせいNeutralNeutral. For people banding together to form a group, e.g. 「政党を結成」; 「創建」 is mostly said of buildings.
• Related形成けいせいNeutralNeutral. For forming or shaping something, e.g. 「人格形成」; 「創建」 is a deliberate act of establishing.
• Related創刊そうかんWrittenWritten/formal prose. For launching a newspaper, magazine or other periodical with its first issue; 「創建」 covers buildings and organizations.
• Related築き上げるきずきあげるNeutralNeutral. For building something up through steady effort, e.g. 「地位を築き上げる」; 「創建」 emphasizes the original construction.
• Related打ち立てるうちたてるWrittenWritten/formal prose. For establishing policies or setting records; 「創建」 is about the first building of structures and organizations.
• Related確立かくりつWrittenWritten/formal prose. For firmly establishing systems and policies, e.g. 「地位を確立」; 「創建」 covers buildings and organizations.
• Antonym廃止はいしNeutralNeutral. Antonym: abolishing systems or shutting down facilities — the opposite of creating something with 「創建」.
• Antonym撤去てっきょNeutralNeutral. Antonym: dismantling or removing facilities — the opposite of building with 「創建」.
• Antonym破却はきゃくWrittenWritten/formal prose. Antonym: completely demolishing a building; the direct opposite of 「創建」, but rarely used.

Use 「創建」 for the original construction of historical buildings such as temples and shrines, as in 「奈良時代に創建された寺」. For companies and organizations pick 「設立」, for schools 「創立」, for starting a business 「創業」. For systems and institutions use 「創設」 or 「確立」; for opening facilities or accounts 「開設」; for groups 「結成」; for publications 「創刊」. The other words cover forming, building up or installing things rather than a first construction, and the antonyms 「廃止」, 「破却」 and 「撤去」 describe doing away with what was built.

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1. 建物たてものや組織そしきを初はじめて作つくること。