Building

"Building" in Japanese

ビル

biru

(closed structure with walls and a roof)

建屋

tateya

(closed structure with walls and a roof)

建物

tatemono

(closed structure with walls and a roof)

建築

kenchiku

(act or process of building)

建築物

kenchiku butsu

(closed structure with walls and a roof)

建設

kensetsu

(act or process of building)

建造

kenzō

(act or process of building)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.