築く
きずく · kizuku
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)
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 築きますきずきます |
| Polite negative (ません) | 築きませんきずきません |
| Polite past (ました) | 築きましたきずきました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 築きませんでしたきずきませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 築きましょうきずきましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 築ききずき |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 築きたいきずきたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 築きながらきずきながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 築いてきずいて |
| Plain past (た形) | 築いたきずいた |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 築いたらきずいたら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 築いているきずいている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 築かないきずかない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 築かなかったきずかなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 築かなくてきずかなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 築けるきずける |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 築けばきずけば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 築けきずけ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 築こうきずこう |
| Passive (受身形) | 築かれるきずかれる |
| Causative (使役形) | 築かせるきずかせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 築かされるきずかされる |
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What does 築く mean?
To build, to construct, to erect. It can also mean: to build up (a reputation, position, fortune, etc.), to establish (a relationship, household, tradition, etc.), to lay (a foundation).
How do you pronounce 築く?
きずく (kizuku). Pitch accent: nakadaka — falls after mora 2. Press Listen above to hear it.
What JLPT level is 築く?
JLPT N1 — advanced. See the JLPT N1 guide.
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