Keyword
build
Info
FrequencyTop 700-800
Type
Kyōiku (4th grade) 
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KankenLevel 7
Heisig417
Readings
たて
(49%)
けん
(28%)
(17%)
(3%)
Composed of
brush
long stride
Used in kanji (3 in total)
healthy
key
tendon
Used in vocabulary (256 in total)
to build; to construct
to be erected; to be built
Examples (200 in total)
What is that huge building?
Who's the person standing in front of that building?
What is that building?
That building is our school.
That building is more than three hundred years old.
Look at that red building.
What's that tall building?
Look at that tall building.
That is the building where my father works.
This building is made of stone.
What is that big new building?
I found it easy to find the building.
The new building is enormous.
There are many tall buildings in that town.
Please leave the building.
He went to the back of the building.
He parked his car in front of the building.
She was waiting in front of the building.
The enemy made a strong attack on that building.
What is that big building in front of us?
A tall building stands there.
You are not permitted to bring dogs into this building.
This building is very large.
This is the tallest building that I have ever seen.
What's the tallest building in the world?
I'd never seen such a beautiful building before.
We found a secret door into the building.
That white building is a hospital.
Formerly this building was a hospital.
What's that building behind the hospital?
This building is blue.
This building is new.
It's quite an old building.
Currently, the buildings are very old.
This building is unsafe.
The building may crash at any time.
Please wait for me at the entrance of the building.
The explosion shook the whole building.
I watched them destroy the old building.
The three boys opened the doors of the building.
We found a secret passage into the building.
The buildings look so tiny.
The building is on fire.
Look at that smoke. That building must be on fire.
It's the highest building in this city.
He was seen to enter the building.
The dense fog made the building invisible.
What is that building with the green roof?
What's that big building ahead of us?
Men of the rank of captain and below live in this building.
The building crumbled to pieces three years ago.
What is the tallest building in Japan?
Except in special circumstances, anyone is allowed to enter the building.
From the hill, we could see all the buildings in the city.
Look at that building standing on the hill.
The building on the hill is our school.
I will construct a wooden building.
I watched that old building being torn down.
What is that building whose door is painted white?
This building is near completion.
The building fell down suddenly.
This hotel was built two years ago.
When was it built?
I built this for you.
This hotel was built last year.
This library was built in 2013.
This house was built in 1870.
This house was built a hundred years ago.
It has taken forty-six years to build this temple.
This was built some 500 years ago.
When was the castle built?
This castle was built in 1610.
The building was built in 1960.
The bridge must be built in six months.
The shrine was built two hundred years ago.
It took many years to build it.
The building has 20 floors.
The teachers could not decide where to build the new schoolhouse.
Who built your house?
I'm pretty sure that building was built in 1987.
He doesn't know who built those houses.
They built this library in 2013.
My father is busy building a wall.
The royal palace was built on a hill.
Who built it?
There are many famous historic buildings in Kyoto.
Linda came into the building.
They shone like stars in the dark, dirty building.
A new hotel will be built here next year.
This building looks large from the front, but not from the side.
There is no point in calling such buildings 'ugly'.
The priest blessed the newly built church.
The house was built several hundred years ago.
It was difficult for me to find the entrance to that building.
What is the name of the building whose roof you can see?
This building also is a bank.
This house was built in the 16th century.
This church was built in the 12th century.
Please let me off in front of that building.
The police have surrounded the building.
There aren't many tall buildings in this area.
The church was built hundreds of years ago.
They have preserved the building.
The buildings shook in the earthquake.
The library was founded in memory of the scholar.
It's on the third floor of this building.
There's a white building just around the corner.
I wonder when this building was constructed.
This bridge was built two years ago.
The money was appropriated for building the gymnasium.
A new bridge is being built over the river.
A lot of construction is going on these days.
We are building your house in compliance with your wishes.
It took ten years to build the amusement park.
That building whose roof is brown is a church.
The building is on your right. You can't miss it.
The building on the right side is a school.
The building whose roof you can see over there is our church.
The building you see over there is an auto factory.
In the last three years, a lot of new buildings have been built around here.
This house is ten years old, but that house over there is quite new.
When was this church built?
The old castle stands on the hill.
The building stood beside the river.
The house standing on the hill is very old.
They will tear down the old building in two days.
The minister approved the building plans.
He not only made the plan of a new house but built it himself.
They were making great progress in architecture.
This is the house that Jack built.
Five years have been spent building the new building.
It was built about 500 years ago.
The bridge was built by the Romans.
Rome is famous for its ancient architecture.
Rome was not built in a day.
He went to Rome, where he saw a lot of old buildings.
Is it all right to take pictures in this building?
That building has changed hands many times.
Many years have been spent in building the tower.
New roads were constructed one after another.
I'm the owner of this building.
The building was heavily damaged by fire.
How much money has been spent on building the museum?
The soldiers occupied the building.
A stranger came into the building.
The building built last year is very big.
I put up a small hut in the backyard.
These workmen are constructing a road.
You see a white building at the foot of the hill.
This palace was built for the rich king.
The buildings are filled with bags of wheat.
They have enough capital to build a second factory.
I call architecture frozen music.
That castle was built in ancient times.
This building is not a temple.
Our office is on the northern side of the building.
The architecture in this part of the city is ugly.
Building materials are expensive now.
There are many famous old buildings in Kyoto.
The building is built of marble of a most lovely color.
The building did not pass a fire inspection.
The road curves to the left around the building.
The factory was constructed out of concrete.
The new bridge is under construction.
The ship was built at considerable expense.
Our rocket is being built.
This building is off limits now.
In 1995, Andou received architecture's most prestigious award.
Only part of the building has been destroyed by the earthquake.
In my neighborhood, houses are now being built one after another.
Tom built this.
Tom and Mary built an earthship.
The house Tom built is wonderful.
Tom has keys to this building.
He built hospitals and helped the people of Africa improve their lives.
The buildings were damaged by the storm last night.
A lot of buildings collapsed in Japan due to the earthquake yesterday.
Look at that building. Is it a temple?
This temple is said to have been built over 500 years ago.
When was this temple built?
The United Nations Building was built in 1952.
That building is the tallest in Japan.
The building which stands on the hillside is our school.
This building is extremely innovative.
Is this building open to the public?
Rome has a lot of ancient buildings.
Buildings are much stronger now than they used to be.
This building has three floors.
The building is seven stories high.
I was deeply impressed by Roman architecture.
This is the largest building in existence.
This is a historical examination of the birth of his unique architectural style.
Above-ground bases cannot be built in valleys where avalanches are likely to occur.
This is the most massive structure I've ever seen.
They set up a bronze statue of the hero.
The building turned to ashes.
The pyramids were built in ancient times.
Each building has a name.
They set about building a house.
By special arrangement we were allowed to enter the building.