JLPT N3 · Verb

建つ (tatsu)

建つ (たつ, tatsu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to be erected; to be built”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
たつ
Romaji
tatsu
Word class
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in つ
Level
JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. to be erected; to be built · godan verb, intransitive

Example sentences

その2軒の家は背中向かいにたっている。
The two houses stand back to back.

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 建つ

Godan verb (う-verb) ending in つ. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary建つたつ tatsu
Polite (~masu)建ちますたちます tachimasu
Negative建たないたたない tatanai
Polite negative建ちませんたちません tachimasen
Past建ったたった tatta
Polite past建ちましたたちました tachimashita
Negative past建たなかったたたなかった tatanakatta
Te-form建ってたって tatte
Potential建てるたてる tateru
Passive建たれるたたれる tatareru
Causative建たせるたたせる tataseru
Volitional建とうたとう tatou
Imperative建てたて tate
Conditional (~ba)建てばたてば tateba

Kanji in 建つ

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 建つ.

Source: JMdict entry 1597045 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.