建立|こんりゅうkonryuu[0]heiban (flat)
けんりつkenritsu
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, transitive verb(act of) building (temple, monument, etc.); erection
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 建立する（こんりゅうする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 建立します（こんりゅうします） |
| Negative (nai) | 建立しない（こんりゅうしない） |
| polite (masen) | 建立しません（こんりゅうしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 建立せず・建立せぬ（こんりゅうせず・こんりゅうせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 建立した（こんりゅうした） |
| polite (mashita) | 建立しました（こんりゅうしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 建立しなかった（こんりゅうしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 建立しませんでした（こんりゅうしませんでした） |
| Te form | 建立して（こんりゅうして） |
| Potential | 建立できる（こんりゅうできる） |
| Passive | 建立される（こんりゅうされる） |
| Causative | 建立させる（こんりゅうさせる） |
| Causative passive | 建立させられる（こんりゅうさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 建立すれば（こんりゅうすれば） |
| tara | 建立したら（こんりゅうしたら） |
| Volitional | 建立しよう（こんりゅうしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 建立しましょう（こんりゅうしましょう） |
| Imperative | 建立しろ（こんりゅうしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym建設けんせつWrittenWritten/formal prose. The broadest word for building roads and buildings; 「建立」 is mostly for temples, pagodas and monuments, and as けんりつ also means establishing.
- Synonym造営ぞうえいWrittenWritten/formal prose, for building shrines, temples and palaces; like 「建立」 it is often used for religious buildings.
- Synonym建てるたてるNeutralThe neutral, everyday verb for building a house, as in 「家を建てる」; common in daily speech.
- Synonym築くきずくNeutralNeutral word for building up walls of earth or stone, and figuratively for building status, relationships or wealth step by step.
- Synonym新築しんちくNeutralNeutral word for newly building a house, or for the new building itself; stresses that it is brand-new.
- Synonym建造けんぞうWrittenWritten/formal prose for building large structures and ships, as in 「船の建造」; stresses size.
- Synonym築き上げるきずきあげるWrittenWritten/formal prose; building something solidly, or figuratively building up achievements through long effort.
- Synonym新造しんぞうWrittenWritten/formal prose, mostly for newly built ships; archaically also another's wife.
- Synonym建築けんちくNeutralNeutral and very common: building construction in general and the field of architecture; carries no religious coloring.
- Synonym営造えいぞうWrittenWritten/formal prose and rarely used; covers civil engineering works such as houses and roads.
- Synonym造立ぞうりゅうWrittenA written/formal Buddhist term close to 「建立」, for erecting Buddhist statues, stone pagodas and temples.
- Synonym造設ぞうせつWrittenWritten/formal prose and technical; constructing facilities, and in medicine creating a stoma.
- Related設営せつえいNeutralNeutral word for setting up a venue or camp in advance, as in 「会場設営」; the emphasis is on preparing and arranging the site.
- Related組み立てるくみたてるNeutralNeutral word for assembling parts into a whole, also for composing texts; the emphasis is on putting pieces together.
- Antonym破壊はかいNeutralAntonym. Neutral and common: destroying or wrecking things, systems and the like; the opposite of building up.
- Antonym取り壊しとりこわしNeutralAntonym. Neutral: demolishing or tearing down a building; the direct opposite of 「建立」.
- Antonym破却はきゃくWrittenAntonym. Written/formal prose for completely demolishing a building; the opposite of erecting one.
Use 「建立」 (こんりゅう) for erecting temples, pagodas and monuments, as in 「寺を建立する」. For general construction say 「建設」 or 「建築」, and for building a house say 「建てる」. The main antonym is 「取り壊し」.
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