組み立てる・組立てる|くみたてるkumitateru[4]nakadaka (mid-high)
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Which spelling to use
組み立てる組み立てる（くみたてる） is the most common form, written with a mixture of kanji and kana. For beginners, it is the recommended choice.
組立てる組立てる（くみたてる） is a less common variant, also written with a mixture of kanji and kana. Recognize it, but use 組み立てる（くみたてる） as a beginner.
Definitions
- ichidan verb, transitive verbto assemble; to put together; to set up; to construct; to build; to compose (a story, poem, etc.)
- ichidan verb, transitive verb, grammarto form (words, sentences, etc.)
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 組み立てる（くみたてる） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 組み立てます（くみたてます） |
| Negative (nai) | 組み立てない（くみたてない） |
| polite (masen) | 組み立てません（くみたてません） |
| classical zu / nu | 組み立てず・組み立てぬ（くみたてず・くみたてぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 組み立てた（くみたてた） |
| polite (mashita) | 組み立てました（くみたてました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 組み立てなかった（くみたてなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 組み立てませんでした（くみたてませんでした） |
| Te form | 組み立てて（くみたてて） |
| Potential | 組み立てられる（くみたてられる） |
| Passive | 組み立てられる（くみたてられる） |
| Causative | 組み立てさせる（くみたてさせる） |
| Causative passive | 組み立てさせられる（くみたてさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 組み立てれば（くみたてれば） |
| tara | 組み立てたら（くみたてたら） |
| Volitional | 組み立てよう（くみたてよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 組み立てましょう（くみたてましょう） |
| Imperative | 組み立てろ（くみたてろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym作り上げるつくりあげるNeutralFocuses on completing or finishing something, and can also mean to fabricate (「話を作り上げる」); 「組み立てる」 stresses putting the parts together.
- Synonym構成こうせいNeutralA noun for composition or makeup (「文章の構成」); leans toward written prose.
- Synonym組み上げるくみあげるNeutralAssembling something up or stacking it high (「足場を組み上げる」).
- Synonym構築こうちくNeutralBuilding systems or relationships (「システムを構築する」); leans toward written prose.
- Synonym組むくむNeutralTo combine or cross things (「腕を組む」「予算を組む」).
- Related築き上げるきずきあげるNeutralBuilding something up (「信頼関係を築き上げる」); stresses long-term accumulation.
- Related作り出すつくりだすNeutralTo manufacture or turn something out (「新製品を作り出す」).
- Related作るつくるNeutralThe most all-purpose word for making things (「料理を作る」); does not stress combining parts.
- Related形作るかたちづくるNeutralShaping or forming (「人格を形作る」); mostly used for abstract things.
- Related建設けんせつNeutralConstruction (「ダム建設」); mostly for large-scale projects.
- Related製作せいさくNeutralManufacturing goods or producing films (「家具の製作」).
- Related作製さくせいNeutralMaking physical items or maps (「模型の作製」).
- RelatedこしらえるCasualColloquial: to make or prepare (「弁当を拵える」), with an old-fashioned flavor; 「組み立てる」 stresses assembling.
- Related生産せいさんNeutralProducing goods, in any quantity (「大量生産」「少量生産」); 「組み立てる」 stresses assembling.
- Related制作せいさくNeutralProducing artworks or programs (「番組制作」).
- Related作成さくせいNeutralDrawing up documents (「書類作成」).
- Related創造そうぞうNeutralCreation on a grand, abstract scale (「天地創造」).
- Related創作そうさくNeutralOriginal creative works (「創作活動」).
- Related建てるたてるNeutralBuilding houses and other structures (「家を建てる」); the object is a building.
- Related建築けんちくNeutralConstruction or architecture (「建築家」); leans technical and professional.
- Related建立こんりゅうWrittenWritten prose for erecting temples or monuments (「寺を建立する」).
- Related製するせいするWrittenWritten prose for manufacturing (「〜を製する」); rare in modern use, seen mostly in old-style writing.
- Antonym壊すこわすNeutralBreaking or wrecking something; the opposite of the assembling done with 「組み立てる」.
- Antonym分解するNeutralTaking apart or disassembling; the opposite of 「組み立てる」.
- Antonym解体するNeutralDemolishing or dismantling; the opposite of 「組み立てる」.
Use 「組み立てる」 to assemble parts into a whole or to work out a text or plan (「家具を組み立てる」「理論を組み立てる」). For building systems pick 「構築」, for putting up houses 「建てる」, and for building relationships over the long term 「築き上げる」. The opposite of assembling is 「分解する」.
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