JLPT N3 · Verb

築く (kizuku)

築く (きずく, kizuku) is a Japanese verb meaning “to build; to construct”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
きずく
Romaji
kizuku
Word class
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in く
Level
JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

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

Example sentences

彼は貿易で財産を築いた。
He made his fortune from commerce.

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

Conjugation of 築く

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

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary築くきずく kizuku
Polite (~masu)築きますきずきます kizukimasu
Negative築かないきずかない kizukanai
Polite negative築きませんきずきません kizukimasen
Past築いたきずいた kizuita
Polite past築きましたきずきました kizukimashita
Negative past築かなかったきずかなかった kizukanakatta
Te-form築いてきずいて kizuite
Potential築けるきずける kizukeru
Passive築かれるきずかれる kizukareru
Causative築かせるきずかせる kizukaseru
Volitional築こうきずこう kizukou
Imperative築けきずけ kizuke
Conditional (~ba)築けばきずけば kizukeba

Kanji in 築く

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 築く.

Source: JMdict entry 1422140 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.