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きず

godan verbgodan verb (archaic)verb (generic)transitive verb

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Meanings

  • to build, to construct, to erect
  • to build up (a reputation, position, fortune, etc.), to establish (a relationship, household, tradition, etc.), to lay (a foundation)

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Example sentences

かれ長年ながねん努力どりょく確固かっこたる地位ちいきずいた

He built a solid position through years of effort.

信頼しんらい関係かんけいきずことは簡単かんたんではない。

Building a relationship of trust is not easy.

彼女かのじょわかころから財産ざいさんきずいてきた。

She has been building her fortune since she was young.

強固きょうこ信念しんねんなしに、るぎない名声めいせいきずことはできない。

Without a firm conviction, one cannot build an unshakeable reputation.

先人せんじんたちがいしずえきずかなければ現代げんだい繁栄はんえいはなかっただろう。

If our predecessors had not laid the foundation, there would have been no modern prosperity.