築く

Meaning

1. v5kvt
   to build; to construct; to erect
2. v5kvt
   to build up (a reputation, position, fortune, etc.); to establish (a relationship, household, tradition, etc.); to lay (a foundation)

Example sentences

• 費用は別として、その橋を築くには長い時間がかかるだろう。

  Apart from the cost, it will take long to build the bridge.

• 彼らはセメントを全然使わないで要塞の壁を築いた。

  They built the walls of the fortress without using cement at all.

• 彼らは５００年前にペルーに帝国を築いた。

  They built their empire in Peru about five hundred years ago.