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建設

建設

See also: 建设

Chinese

 
to establish; to found; to set up; to build; to construct
 
to set up; to arrange; to establish; to found; to display
trad. (建設)
simp. (建设)

Verb

建設

  1. to build; to construct; to develop

Noun

建設

  1. construction

Derived terms

  • 建設性建设性

Japanese

Kanji in this term
けん
Grade: 4
せつ
Grade: 5
on'yomi

Noun

建設 (hiragana けんせつ, romaji kensetsu)

  1. construction, building (of a dam, bridge, or other large project)
    • 1948, 海野十三, 海底都市:
      そして日本 (にほん)では、この海底都市 (かいていとし)建設 (けんせつ) (はじ)まったわけです。
      Soshite nihon de wa, kono kaitei toshi no kensetsu ga hajimatta wake desu.
      And that's how Japan began building the underwater city.
  2. establishment of an organization

Synonyms

Verb

建設する (transitive, hiragana けんせつする, romaji kensetsu suru)

  1. construct, build (a large project, e.g. a dam, a bridge, a skyscraper, etc.)
  2. establish an organization

Conjugation

References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

建設 (geonseol) (hangeul 건설)

  1. Hanja form? of 건설, “construction”.