I Love Kanji建てる (tateru)
建てる (たてる, tateru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to build; to construct”. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- たてる
- Romaji
- tateru
- Word class
- Ichidan verb (る-verb)
- Level
- JLPT N4 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to build; to construct · ichidan verb, transitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 建てる
Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 建てる | たてる tateru |
| Polite (~masu) | 建てます | たてます tatemasu |
| Negative | 建てない | たてない tatenai |
| Polite negative | 建てません | たてません tatemasen |
| Past | 建てた | たてた tateta |
| Polite past | 建てました | たてました tatemashita |
| Negative past | 建てなかった | たてなかった tatenakatta |
| Te-form | 建てて | たてて tatete |
| Potential | 建てられる | たてられる taterareru |
| Passive | 建てられる | たてられる taterareru |
| Causative | 建てさせる | たてさせる tatesaseru |
| Volitional | 建てよう | たてよう tateyou |
| Imperative | 建てろ | たてろ tatero |
| Conditional (~ba) | 建てれば | たてれば tatereba |
Kanji in 建てる
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 建てる.
建物たてものbuilding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建つたつto be erected再建さいけんrebuilding建前たてまえface封建ほうけんfeudalism
Source: JMdict entry 1257330 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.