建て

~だて

~ storied, separate housing

What does 建て mean?

建て is a Japanese noun meaning ~ storied, separate housing in English. It is written as 建て in kanji, ~だて in hiragana, and ~date in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N4 vocabulary.

Example sentence

これはおよそ500年前に建てられた。

This was built some 500 years ago.