建造|けんぞうkenzou[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbbuilding; construction
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 建造する（けんぞうする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 建造します（けんぞうします） |
| Negative (nai) | 建造しない（けんぞうしない） |
| polite (masen) | 建造しません（けんぞうしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 建造せず・建造せぬ（けんぞうせず・けんぞうせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 建造した（けんぞうした） |
| polite (mashita) | 建造しました（けんぞうしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 建造しなかった（けんぞうしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 建造しませんでした（けんぞうしませんでした） |
| Te form | 建造して（けんぞうして） |
| Potential | 建造できる（けんぞうできる） |
| Passive | 建造される（けんぞうされる） |
| Causative | 建造させる（けんぞうさせる） |
| Causative passive | 建造させられる（けんぞうさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 建造すれば（けんぞうすれば） |
| tara | 建造したら（けんぞうしたら） |
| Volitional | 建造しよう（けんぞうしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 建造しましょう（けんぞうしましょう） |
| Imperative | 建造しろ（けんぞうしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym建築けんちくNeutralFor building houses and structures; also the field of architecture. 「建造」 is mostly for ships and large structures rather than ordinary buildings.
- Synonym建設けんせつNeutralBuilding roads, facilities, even a nation; a broad word that also covers abstract construction, where 「建造」 would not fit.
- Synonym構築こうちくWrittenWritten/formal prose. Building or erecting things, but also figuratively setting up systems and relationships, as in 「システム構築」.
- Synonym新築しんちくNeutralBuilding a house brand-new, or such a new building, as in 「新築マンション」. 「建造」 does not carry this 'brand-new' focus.
- Synonym建立こんりゅうWrittenWritten/formal prose. Erecting temples, pagodas, monuments, with a religious flavor, as in 「寺院を建立する」.
- Synonym築造ちくぞうWrittenWritten/formal prose. Building dams, ancient tombs and other civil-engineering works; the emphasis is on civil construction.
- Synonym造営ぞうえいWrittenWritten/formal and dignified. Building palaces, shrines, temples — an elegant, old-fashioned word 「建造」 does not match in tone.
- Synonym新造しんぞうNeutralBuilding something brand-new, chiefly ships (「新造船」); once also meant another's young wife. The focus is on newness.
- Related設営せつえいNeutralSetting up a venue, tents, a base — preparation and arrangement, whether or not the facility will last. Not for building ships.
- Related作りつくりCasualColloquial. Making things, or the way something is put together; very broad and common in speech, as in 「作りがしっかりした家」.
- Related営造えいぞうWrittenWritten/formal and rare; building houses, roads and other works. In practice say 「建築」 or 「建造」 instead.
- Antonym破壊はかいNeutralThe opposite of building: destroying something that already exists, from physical objects to social systems.
- Antonym解体かいたいNeutralThe opposite of 「建造」: taking structures apart; also used for the dissolution of organizations such as companies.
- Antonym取り壊しとりこわしNeutralDemolishing a building so that nothing remains; the opposite of 「建造」, and common even in written contexts like news and engineering.
Use 「建造」 for building ships and large structures, as in 「船を建造する」 and 「建造物」. For houses say 「建築」, for roads and facilities 「建設」, for systems 「構築」, for temples 「建立」. The opposites are 「解体」 and 「取り壊し」.
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