築きずき上あげる

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 100,000

Meanings

1

ichidan verb, transitive verb

build; construct; put up

Physical construction of buildings, structures, or large-scale works. Emphasizes the process of building up from the ground.

彼かれらは新あたらしい橋はしを築きずき上あげた。
They built a new bridge.
この城しろは

何なん

世せい

紀き

も

かけ

て

築きず

き

上あ

げ

られ

た

。

This castle was built up over many centuries.

2

ichidan verb, transitive verb

build up; establish; create

Abstract use: building up a fortune, reputation, relationship, system, or enterprise through sustained effort.

彼かれは一いち代だいで財ざい産さんを築きずき上あげた。
He built up a fortune in one generation.
長なが年ねんの信しん頼らい関かん係けいを築きずき上あげることが大たい切せつだ。
It is important to build up a trusting relationship over many years.

Written forms

築きずき上あげるUsage74%
Standard kanji spelling; high-frequency news word.
築きずきあげるUsage24%
search-only kanji form
Search-only kanji form; not a standard spelling.
きずきあげるUsage2%

Kanji

築fabricate, build, construct
上above, up

Similar words

建たてる
建てる is the common verb for building houses and buildings, while 築き上げる emphasizes the gradual, large-scale process of construction or abstract building up.
築きずく
築く is a shorter, more literary verb for building or establishing, often used in abstract contexts. 築き上げる adds the nuance of completion or culmination of effort.

Etymology

Compound of 築く (build, construct) in its continuative form 築き and 上げる (raise, complete). The combination emphasizes building something up to completion.