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To erect; to construct. / To close up by building. / (intransitive, transitive, idiomatic) To accumulate, to pile up, to increase in stages. / (transitive, idiomatic) To strengthen.

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build up

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build up

Verb

idiomatic intransitive transitive

To erect; to construct. / To close up by building. / (intransitive, transitive, idiomatic) To accumulate, to pile up, to increase in stages. / (transitive, idiomatic) To strengthen.

Japanese Meaning

建てる、組み立てる / 建設して閉じる、囲いを作る / 積み上げる、蓄積する / 強化する

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The volunteers will build up a temporary shelter after the storm.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

ボランティアは嵐の後に臨時の避難所を設営するでしょう。

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Sense（1）

To erect; to construct.

Sense（2）

To close up by building.

to build up a door

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Sense（3）

(intransitive, transitive, idiomatic) To accumulate, to pile up, to increase in stages.

The first English Electric units were not fitted with an anti-slip brake, but a hurried consultation of the wiring diagram showed that it should be possible to hold in the low-voltage anti-slip relay for long enough to let speed build up without cutting off the motor current.

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