to build or establish (something abstract, such as a relationship or society)
我々は破壊のためではなく新生活を築く為に勝利したのです
We won not to destroy, but to build a new life.
— 鶴は翔んでゆく (1957)
叔父は言葉と書物が平和を築くと信じてた
My uncle believed that words and books could build peace.
— 灼熱の魂 (2010)