築造|ちくぞうchikuzou[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbconstruction; building
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 築造する（ちくぞうする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 築造します（ちくぞうします） |
| Negative (nai) | 築造しない（ちくぞうしない） |
| polite (masen) | 築造しません（ちくぞうしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 築造せず・築造せぬ（ちくぞうせず・ちくぞうせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 築造した（ちくぞうした） |
| polite (mashita) | 築造しました（ちくぞうしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 築造しなかった（ちくぞうしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 築造しませんでした（ちくぞうしませんでした） |
| Te form | 築造して（ちくぞうして） |
| Potential | 築造できる（ちくぞうできる） |
| Passive | 築造される（ちくぞうされる） |
| Causative | 築造させる（ちくぞうさせる） |
| Causative passive | 築造させられる（ちくぞうさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 築造すれば（ちくぞうすれば） |
| tara | 築造したら（ちくぞうしたら） |
| Volitional | 築造しよう（ちくぞうしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 築造しましょう（ちくぞうしましょう） |
| Imperative | 築造しろ（ちくぞうしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym建設けんせつNeutralNeutral and the most common everyday word: putting up new buildings, roads and facilities, and also building up a nation or society; its range is wider than 「築造」.
- Synonym建築けんちくNeutralNeutral. Centers on the design and construction of buildings; also means architecture as a field. Not used for civil-engineering structures like dams or castle walls.
- Synonym構築こうちくWrittenWritten/formal prose. Can refer to building physical structures, but is more often used for building up systems and relationships, as in 「信頼関係を構築する」.
- Synonym建造けんぞうWrittenWritten/formal prose. Focuses on building ships or large buildings, as in 「船を建造する」; not much used for dams.
- Synonym築き上げるきずきあげるNeutralA neutral native verb: can be used for physical structures, but more often describes building up status, wealth or the like bit by bit.
- Synonym築くきずくNeutralA neutral native verb: piling up stone or earth to build castles or embankments, and figuratively establishing status or relationships; broader in use than 「築造」.
- Synonym建てるたてるNeutralNeutral: the most common everyday native word, mainly for building houses or erecting monuments; it lacks the written, weighty feel of 「築造」.
- Related新造しんぞうWrittenWritten/formal prose. Stresses that something is newly built, especially new ships; it does not carry the sense of a solid, large structure.
- Related設営せつえいWrittenWritten/formal prose. Setting up venues, tents and other temporary facilities in advance; not for building solid structures.
- Related営造えいぞうFormalFormal and rare: building houses, roads and other civil-engineering works; found mostly in legal texts and classical writing.
- Antonym破壊はかいNeutralNeutral antonym: destroying what has been built; the direction is opposite to 「築造」, which raises dams and buildings up.
- Antonym解体かいたいWrittenWritten/formal prose antonym: demolishing or dismantling a building, the reverse of building from nothing; also the dissolution of organizations.
Use 「築造」 for solid, large structures such as dams, castle walls and ancient tombs; it is written/formal prose, as in 「ダムを築造する」. For general construction say 「建設」, for buildings 「建築」, and in everyday speech 「建てる」 or 「築く」.
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