建てる|たてるtateru[2]nakadaka (mid-high)
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Definitions
- ichidan verb, transitive verbto build; to construct
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 建てる（たてる） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 建てます（たてます） |
| Negative (nai) | 建てない（たてない） |
| polite (masen) | 建てません（たてません） |
| classical zu / nu | 建てず・建てぬ（たてず・たてぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 建てた（たてた） |
| polite (mashita) | 建てました（たてました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 建てなかった（たてなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 建てませんでした（たてませんでした） |
| Te form | 建てて（たてて） |
| Potential | 建てられる（たてられる） |
| Passive | 建てられる（たてられる） |
| Causative | 建てさせる（たてさせる） |
| Causative passive | 建てさせられる（たてさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 建てれば（たてれば） |
| tara | 建てたら（たてたら） |
| Volitional | 建てよう（たてよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 建てましょう（たてましょう） |
| Imperative | 建てろ（たてろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Transitive / intransitive pair
家が建つ
大工が家を建てる
建つ emphasizes that a structure comes into being or stands completed, often without specifying who built it; 建てる focuses on the act of building by an agent.
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Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym建築けんちくWrittenWritten/formal prose; covers construction and architecture, as in 「建築家」「木造建築」. Mostly a noun, unlike the everyday verb 「建てる」.
- Synonym建立こんりゅうFormalFormal; typically used for building temples and pagodas, as in 「寺を建立する」, and also monuments.
- Synonym築くきずくWrittenWritten/formal prose; building up or establishing things such as trust, as in 「信頼を築く」. Mostly abstract, unlike the concrete 「建てる」.
- Synonym建設けんせつWrittenWritten/formal prose; construction of houses, roads or facilities, as in 「ダム建設」「住宅建設」. Mostly a noun; 「建てる」 is the everyday verb.
- Synonym構築こうちくWrittenWritten/formal prose; used for building systems, as in 「システムを構築する」.
- Synonym築き上げるきずきあげるWrittenWritten/formal prose; emphasizes the effort involved in building something up, as in 「財産を築き上げる」.
- Synonym設営せつえいWrittenWritten/formal prose; setting up venues or camps, as in 「テントを設営する」.
- Synonym築造ちくぞうWrittenWritten/formal prose; for constructing solid structures such as dams and embankments, as in 「堤防を築造する」.
- Synonym造営ぞうえいFormalFormal; used for building shrines, temples and palaces, as in 「社殿の造営」.
- Synonym営造えいぞうFormalFormal; constructing civil works such as buildings and roads, as in 「営造物」. Mostly used in legal and administrative writing.
- Synonym造立ぞうりゅうFormalFormal; typically used in religious contexts for erecting stone pagodas or Buddhist statues, as in 「仏像を造立する」.
- Synonym造設ぞうせつFormalFormal; constructing and installing facilities, as in 「駐車場を造設する」. Has an engineering focus.
- Related組み立てるくみたてるNeutralNeutral; focuses on assembling parts, as in 「家具を組み立てる」, rather than simply on the act of putting up a building.
- Related組み上げるくみあげるWrittenWritten/formal prose; emphasizes assembling and putting up a structure, as in 「足場を組み上げる」.
- Antonym壊すこわすNeutralNeutral; the opposite of 「建てる」 — to break, destroy or damage, as in 「家を壊す」.
- Antonym取り壊すとりこわすWrittenWritten/formal prose; the counterpart of 「建てる」 for demolishing buildings, as in 「ビルを取り壊す」. Specifically tearing a structure down.
Use 「建てる」 by default for building a house; 「建築」 or 「建設」 for construction as a noun. Choose the formal 「建立」 for temples or monuments, 「組み立てる」 for assembling parts, and 「築く」 or 「構築」 for abstract things such as trust or systems. For demolition, use 「取り壊す」.
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