建設|けんせつkensetsu[0]heiban (flat)

1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbconstruction; establishment
   その金かねは体育館たいいくかんの建設けんせつに当あてられた。↗

   The money was appropriated for building the gymnasium.

• Synonym建築けんちくNeutralCovers buildings and their design and construction, as in 「建築家」; 「建設」 takes a wider range of objects, including roads, facilities and abstract development.
• Synonym設立せつりつWrittenA written/formal word for founding organizations and institutions, as in 「会社を設立する」; the object is not a building.
• Synonym構築こうちくWrittenA written/formal word for building systems, as in 「システムを構築する」.
• Synonym建立こんりゅうWrittenA written/formal word for building temples and pagodas, as in 「寺を建立する」; also used for monuments.
• Synonym築造ちくぞうWrittenA written/formal word for building solid structures such as dams and embankments, as in 「堤防を築造する」.
• Synonym設置せっちNeutralSetting up or installing, as in 「委員会を設置する」; focuses on establishing bodies and installing equipment.
• Synonym樹立じゅりつWrittenA written/formal word for establishing or setting, as in 「新記録を樹立する」; mostly for records and political regimes.
• Synonym建造けんぞうNeutralBuilding ships and other structures, as in 「船を建造する」; focuses on producing physical objects.
• Synonym設営せつえいNeutralSetting up venues or camps, as in 「会場を設営する」; focuses on preparation and arrangement.
• Synonym造営ぞうえいWrittenA written/formal word for building shrines, temples and palaces, as in 「社殿の造営」.
• Synonym建てるたてるNeutralA verb for putting up a house, as in 「家を建てる」; more colloquial and concrete than 「建設」.
• Synonym築くきずくNeutralBuilding up or establishing, as in 「信頼を築く」; mostly used for abstract things.
• Synonym作り上げるつくりあげるNeutralCompleting something, or fabricating it, as in 「話を作り上げる」; the latter sense is pejorative.
• Synonym造作ぞうさくWrittenA written/formal word for a house's interior fittings, or for facial features, as in 「顔の造作」.
• Synonym築き上げるきずきあげるNeutralBuilding something up through sustained effort, as in 「地位を築き上げる」; stresses long-term work.
• Synonym新造しんぞうWrittenA written/formal word for building new, mostly ships, as in 「新造船」.
• Related作るつくるNeutralThe broadest word for making or building, as in 「道を作る」; not limited to construction.
• Related組み立てるくみたてるNeutralAssembling or putting together, as in 「模型を組み立てる」; focuses on combining parts.
• Antonym解体かいたいNeutralAn antonym of 「建設」: demolishing or dismantling, as in 「ビルを解体する」.
• Antonym破壊はかいNeutralAn antonym of 「建設」: destroying, as in 「建物を破壊する」; focuses on wrecking.
• Antonym撤去てっきょNeutralAn antonym of 「建設」: removing or taking away, as in 「看板を撤去する」.

Use 「建設」 by default for construction of engineering works and facilities. Use 「建築」 for buildings themselves and their design, 「設立」 for founding organizations, 「建てる」 for putting up a house, 「構築」 for building systems, and 「解体」 or 「撤去」 for demolition and removal.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. 建物たてものを新あたらしく造つくり、建たてること。