築く
きずく
to build; to construct; to erect; to build up (a reputation, position, fortune, etc.)
JLPT N1 Common word
Meanings
Godan verb (-ku), Transitive
to build; to construct; to erect- to build up (a reputation, position, fortune, etc.); to establish (a relationship, household, tradition, etc.); to lay (a foundation)
Forms
| Plain | Polite | |
|---|---|---|
| Present | 築くきずく | 築きますきずきます |
| Negative | 築かないきずかない | 築きませんきずきません |
| Past | 築いたきずいた | 築きましたきずきました |
| Past negative | 築かなかったきずかなかった | 築きませんでしたきずきませんでした |
| Te-form | 築いてきずいて |
|---|---|
| Potential | 築けるきずける |
| Passive | 築かれるきずかれる |
| Causative | 築かせるきずかせる |
| Volitional | 築こうきずこう |
| Imperative | 築けきずけ |
| Conditional (ば) | 築けばきずけば |
| Conditional (たら) | 築いたらきずいたら |
Example sentences
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He heaped up a fortune.
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He made his fortune from commerce.
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He accumulated a large fortune.
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He has built up an excellent business.
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He's building up a network of acquaintances outside his office.
More examples (10)
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He accumulated a tremendous fortune during the post war.
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He worked up a good reputation through this business.
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The rebels made a barricade across the road.
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The merchant accumulated tremendous fortune during the postwar era.
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They built their empire in Peru about five hundred years ago.
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The protesters barricaded the entrance.
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They built the walls of the fortress without using cement at all.
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War breaks out when nations try to form their own empires.
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Mary barricaded herself in her room.
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Many families left to make a new life on the frontier.