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築く

きずく

to build; to construct; to build up (a fortune, a relationship, a reputation)

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Examples

  1. 二人は信頼を築いた。

    ふたりはしんらいをきずいた。

    The two of them built up a relationship of trust.

  2. 彼は貿易で財産を築いた。

    かれはぼうえきでざいさんをきずいた。

    He made his fortune in trade.

  3. 先人が築いてきた技術を次の世代に伝えていきたい。

    せんじんがきずいてきたぎじゅつをつぎのせだいにつたえていきたい。

    I want to pass on to the next generation the technology our predecessors built up.

  4. 両国は長い時間をかけて対等な関係を築き上げた。

    りょうこくはながいじかんをかけてたいとうなかんけいをきずきあげた。

    The two countries spent a long time building an equal relationship.

Common patterns

信頼関係を築く
to build a relationship of trust
財を築く
to amass a fortune
地位を築く
to establish one's position
基礎を築く
to lay the foundations

Memory tip

築く is for things built up slowly and deliberately — trust, a fortune, a career, a castle — never for putting up a physical building today (that is 建てる). The kanji 築 is also the 築 of 建築 (architecture).

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