建つ

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
建
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Grade: 4
kun'yomi

Etymology

Cognate with Japanese 立(た)つ (tatsu).

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「建つ」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		建つ たつ
Imperative (命令形) 建て たて
Key constructions
Passive 建たれる たたれる
Causative 建たせる たたせる
Potential - - -
Volitional 建とう たとー
Negative 建たない たたない
Negative perfective 建たなかった たたなかった
Formal 建ちます たちます
Perfective 建った たった
Conjunctive 建って たって
Hypothetical conditional 建てば たてば

Verb

建(た)つ • (tatsu) intransitive godan (stem 建(た)ち (tachi), past 建(た)った (tatta))

Japanese verb pair
active 建てる
mediopassive 建つ
  1. be founded, be constructed; be built; go up
    橋(はし)が建(た)った。
    Hashi ga tatta.
    A bridge was constructed.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "建つ" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 建た たた tata
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 建ち たち tachi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 建つ たつ tatsu
Rentaikei ("attributive") 建つ たつ tatsu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 建て たて tate
Meireikei ("imperative") 建て たて tate
Key constructions
Passive 建たれる たたれる tatareru
Causative 建たせる
建たす 		たたせる
たたす 		tataseru
tatasu
Potential 建てる たてる tateru
Volitional 建とう たとう tatō
Negative 建たない たたない tatanai
Negative continuative 建たず たたず tatazu
Formal 建ちます たちます tachimasu
Perfective 建った たった tatta
Conjunctive 建って たって tatte
Hypothetical conditional 建てば たてば tateba
Classical conjugation of "建つ" (タ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 建た たた tata
Continuative (連用形) 建ち たち tati
Terminal (終止形) 建つ たつ tatu
Attributive (連体形) 建つ たつ tatu
Realis (已然形) 建て たて tate
Imperative (命令形) 建て たて tate
Key constructions
Negative 建たず たたず tatazu
Contrasting conjunction 建てど たてど tatedo
Causal conjunction 建てば たてば tateba
Conditional conjunction 建たば たたば tataba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 建ちき たちき tatiki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 建ちけり たちけり tatikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) 建ちつ たちつ tatitu
Perfect tense (natural event) 建ちぬ たちぬ tatinu
Perfect-continuative tense 建てり
建ちたり		 たてり
たちたり		 tateri
tatitari
Volitional 建たむ たたむ tatamu

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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