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建設 (けんせつ): construction, foundation — Japanese vocabulary

建設 is read けんせつ and means "construction, foundation". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

建設

Reading
けんせつ · kensetsu
Translation
construction, foundation
Level
JLPT N3
Pitch accent
けんせつが

Example

美術館の建設にいくらお金が使われたのですか。

びじゅつかんのけんせつにいくらおかねがつかわれたのですか。

How much money has been spent on building the museum?

Kanji in this word

  • 建 — build
  • 設 — establish, install

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