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建てる (たてる) — to build | JLPT N4 · Nihongo Circle

建てる

たてる

ichidan verbtransitive 他動詞

Meanings

1to build
2to construct

Example sentence

それを建てるのに何年もかかった。

It took many years to build it.

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Kanji in this word

建Build9 strokes

More words with 建

建設けんせつ · constructionN3 建て～だて · ~ storiedN4 建物たてもの · buildingN5 建築けんちく · constructionN3 一戸建ていっこだて ·

Full entry on Jisho

detached house

円建てえんだて · yen basis (for trade, exchange, etc.)

建国けんこく · founding of a nation

封建ほうけん · feudalisticN1

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