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築く · godan verb (-ku)

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	築きずく	築きずかない
Polite	築きずきます	築きずきません
Past polite	築きずきました	築きずきませんでした
Past	築きずいた	築きずかなかった
Te-form	築きずいて	築きずかないで
Desire	築きずきたい	築きずきたくない
Potential	築きずける	築きずけない
Passive	築きずかれる	築きずかれない
Causative	築きずかせる	築きずかせない
Causative passive	築きずかせられるalso 築きずかされる	築きずかせられないalso 築きずかされない
Volitional	築きずこう
Polite volitional	築きずきましょう
Imperative	築きずけ	築きずくな
Conditional	築きずけば	築きずかなければ
Tara conditional	築きずいたら	築きずかなかったら

Meanings

godan verb (-ku), transitive verb

build; construct; erect

Physical construction of buildings, walls, or structures. Often used for large-scale or solid structures.

彼かれは山やまの上うえに家いえを築きずいた。
He built a house on top of the mountain.
城しろを築きずくのに何なん年ねんもかかった。
It took many years to build the castle.

godan verb (-ku), transitive verb

build up; establish; lay (a foundation)

Abstract use: building up a reputation, fortune, relationship, or tradition over time. Often implies steady effort.

彼かれは一いち代だいで財ざい産さんを築きずいた。
He built up a fortune in one generation.
二人ふたりは信しん頼らい関かん係けいを築きずくのに時じ間かんがかかった。
It took time for the two to build a trusting relationship.

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Usage patterns

基き礎そを築きずくto lay a foundation
彼かれは若わかいころに事じ業ぎょうの基き礎そを築きずいた。
He laid the foundation of his business when he was young.
〈人ひと〉と〈事こと〉を築きずくto build (a relationship, trust, etc.) with someone
彼かの女じょは同どう僚りょうと信しん頼らい関かん係けいを築きずいた。
She built a relationship of trust with her colleagues.
財ざいを築きずくto build up a fortune
祖そ父ふは貿ぼう易えき業ぎょうで財ざいを築きずいた。
My grandfather built his fortune through the trading business.
城しろを築きずくto build a castle
戦せん国ごく時じ代だい、多おおくの武ぶ将しょうが山やまに城しろを築きずいた。
During the Warring States period, many warlords built castles on mountains.

Expressions

堤つつみを築きずくbuild an embankment
塚つかを築きずくpile up a mound; build a tumulus
礎いしずえを築きずくlay the foundation (for)
堤てい防ぼうを築きずくconstruct an embankment; build a levee

Kanji

築fabricate, build, construct

Related words· 8

建たてるN4sense 1
建てる is the everyday verb for constructing houses or buildings, while 築く is more literary and implies large-scale, solid, or lasting construction.
建けん設せつN3sense 1
建設する is a formal, technical term for constructing large infrastructure or buildings, while 築く can also be used abstractly for things like reputation or relationships.
構こう築ちく sense 2
構築する is typically used for building abstract systems or frameworks (e.g. システムを構築する), while 築く is broader and also covers physical structures.
打うち立たてる sense 2
打ち立てる suggests establishing something notable, like a record, in one decisive act, while 築く implies gradual, steady effort over time.

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築きずき上あげる
築く is a shorter, more literary verb for building or establishing, while 築き上げる stresses the sustained effort and completion of the process.
作つくり上あげるN1
築く is used for building something solid and lasting (like a relationship or fortune), while 作り上げる is more general for completing any creation through effort.
成なすN2
築く is the concrete verb for building something up (like a fortune or reputation) over time, while 成す is the more formal, written equivalent seen in collocations like 財を成す.
形かたち作づくるN1
築く is used for building up abstract things like relationships or reputations over time, while 形作る focuses more on the emergence of a shape or form.

Word family

築きずき上あげる
build; construct; put up · build up; establish; create

Written forms

築きずくUsage95%
Standard kanji spelling for both physical construction and abstract building up.
きずくUsage5%

Etymology

The kanji 築 is composed of 竹 (bamboo) and 巩 (to build), originally referring to building with bamboo and earth. The verb きずく is a native Japanese word meaning to build or pile up, and is written with this kanji.