I Love Kanji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
- to be erected; to be built · godan verb, intransitive
Example sentences
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.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| 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.
建物たてものbuilding建てるたてるto build建てだてindicates storeys, structures, or materials used in a building建設けんせつconstruction建築けんちくconstruction再建さいけんrebuilding建前たてまえface封建ほうけんfeudalism
Source: JMdict entry 1597045 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.