建つ|たつtatsu[1]atamadaka (head-high)

JLPT N2approx.Common
Definitions
  1. godan verb, intransitive verbto be erected; to be built
    その2軒けんの家いえは背中せなか向むかいにたっている。↗
    The two houses stand back to back.
Conjugation
Dictionary form建つ(たつ)
Polite (masu)建ちます(たちます)
Negative (nai)建たない(たたない)
polite (masen)建ちません(たちません)
classical zu / nu建たず・建たぬ(たたず・たたぬ)
Past (ta)建った(たった)
polite (mashita)建ちました(たちました)
Past negative (nakatta)建たなかった(たたなかった)
polite (masen deshita)建ちませんでした(たちませんでした)
Te form建って(たって)
Potential建てる(たてる)
Passive建たれる(たたれる)
Causative建たせる(たたせる)
Causative passive建たせられる・建たされる(たたせられる・たたされる)
Conditional (ba)建てば(たてば)
tara建ったら(たったら)
Volitional建とう(たとう)
polite (mashou)建ちましょう(たちましょう)
Imperative建て(たて)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Transitive / intransitive pair
intransitive建つたつ⇄transitive建てるたてる
家いえが建たつ
建つ focuses on the event or resulting state, as in 家が建つ; 建てる foregrounds the agent acting on something, as in 大工が家を建てる.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 建造物けんぞうぶつが造つくられる。造つくられている。
Kanji in this word
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