築き上げる|きずきあげるkizukiageru[5]nakadaka (mid-high)

1. ichidan verb, transitive verbto build; to construct; to put up
2. ichidan verb, transitive verbto build up (a fortune, reputation, enterprise, etc.); to establish (a relationship, system, etc.); to create
   その男おとこはおおきな財産ざいさんを築き上きずきあげた。↗

   The man built up a large fortune.

• Synonym構築こうちくWrittenWritten noun for constructing systems or frameworks, as in 「システム構築」; mostly used for abstract structures rather than physical buildings.
• Synonym築くきずくNeutralThe plainer verb for building or establishing, as in 「城を築く」 or 「関係を築く」; unlike the headword, it does not stress completion after long accumulation.
• Synonym建設けんせつNeutralNoun for construction work or setting up something new, as in 「ダム建設」; centers on large-scale projects.
• Synonym建築けんちくNeutralNoun for constructing houses and buildings, or for architecture as a field; the focus is on the buildings themselves.
• Synonym建立こんりゅうWrittenSolemn written noun for erecting temples, pagodas or monuments.
• Synonym築造ちくぞうWrittenWritten noun for building large solid structures such as dams or castle walls; centers on the construction work itself.
• Synonym建てるたてるNeutralEveryday verb for putting up buildings, as in 「家を建てる」; centers on concrete structures.
• Related設立せつりつWrittenWritten noun for setting up companies, groups or institutions, as in 「委員会を設立」; centers on an organization coming into being.
• Related確立かくりつWrittenWritten noun for firmly establishing systems or positions, as in 「地位を確立」; stresses something becoming securely settled.
• Related樹立じゅりつWrittenWritten noun for building up relations or setting records, as in 「新記録を樹立」.
• Related作るつくるNeutralThe most versatile verb for making, building or creating things; unlike the headword, it carries no sense of long accumulation.
• Related打ち立てるうちたてるNeutralVerb for establishing policies or setting records, as in 「新記録を打ち立てる」; more forceful in tone.
• Related創設そうせつWrittenWritten noun for creating a system or organization for the first time, as in 「賞を創設」; stresses bringing something into existence from nothing.
• Related創立そうりつWrittenWritten noun for founding schools or companies, as in 「創立記念日」; points to the moment of founding.
• Antonym壊すこわすNeutralAntonym: to break or destroy things; the opposite of building something up through sustained effort.
• Antonym崩すくずすNeutralAntonym: to topple or unsettle what has been built, as in 「バランスを崩す」; the opposite of constructing.
• Antonym取り壊すとりこわすNeutralAntonym: to demolish a building, as in 「古い家を取り壊す」; the opposite of putting one up.

Use 「築き上げる」 for something built up bit by bit through long effort, as in 「信頼を築き上げる」. For building or establishing in general pick 「築く」; for constructing systems, 「構築」; for putting up a house, 「建てる」; for founding a school or company, 「創立」. Large projects take 「建設」, buildings themselves 「建築」, organizations 「設立」, settled systems or status 「確立」, records 「樹立」 or 「打ち立てる」, first-time institutions 「創設」. To destroy what was built use 「壊す」; to demolish a building, 「取り壊す」.

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

1. しっかり基礎きそを築きずき、立派りっぱな建造物けんぞうぶつを建たてる。
2. 努力どりょくして功績こうせきや組織そしきを造り上つくりあげる。