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  • #13841

    SinisterT
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    Anyone else notice how there are a ton of kanji meaning ‘build/building/to build’?

    I know most of them, just not the context, ergo. If one is for a specific type of building. So, does anyone want to list them out for me?

    :D
    Thanks a ton.
    SinisterT.

    #13842

    SinisterT
    Member

    *ergo…*

    #13845

    budonoseito
    Member

    This should get you started

    addition to a building zouchiku
    body-building bodi-biru
    body building bodibiru
    bridge building kakyou, kakehashi, hashiwatashi
    building tatemono, eizou, tou, kasetsu, kenzou, kaoku
    building (abbr) biru
    building a nest eisou
    building fire at distance toobi
    building lot takuchi
    building maintenance birumentenansu
    building material kenzai
    building plot fushinba
    building rice-field ridges unedate
    building work shuuei
    closing of a building heikan
    destruction by fire (building) enjou
    Diet building gijidou
    Empire State Building enpaiasute-tobiru
    entire building zenkan
    government office building chousha
    hexagonal building rokkakudou
    high decorated building garou
    intelligent building suma-tobiru
    intelligent building (abbr) interijentobiru
    lofty (high) building kourou
    main building hon’ya, honkan
    main temple building chuudou, hondou
    money building (abbr) mane-biru
    multistoried building roukaku
    new building shinchiku
    one building (hall ichidou
    outbuilding betsumune
    palatial building dendou
    personnel (of public building) kan’in
    rebuilding saikenchiku, saiken
    rebuilding (temple or shrine) saikon
    school (building) gakusha
    school building kousha
    separate building betsudou, betsumune
    shipbuilding zousen
    shrine building den’u
    smart building suma-tobiru
    soars high (a building) tenwomasuru
    station building ekisha
    synthetic building material shinkenzai
    tall (high rise) building kousoukenchiku, kousougenchiku
    tall building daikaku, taikaku
    temporary building karibushin, karigoshirae
    the front of a building omotegamae
    to run into (a building) hashirikomu

    #13846

    Sheepy
    Moderator

    ^Be careful what you wish for!

    Also, it would have been nice if there was kanji since thats what the question was specific about, but thats a lot of words so I’ll allow it ;D

    #13847

    SinisterT
    Member

    I’m going to have to side with Sheep, not that I don’t apreciate it. O.o Seriously, thanks though. :”D

    We need MOAR kanji captain! :D

    How long did it take you to compile? Lordy.

    #13848

    SinisterT
    Member

    Also, I mean like, the verb.
    (generally)
    :D

    #13851

    budonoseito
    Member

    Tough crowd. :p

    建物
    たてもの building
    ビルディング building

    本館
    ほんかん main building

    議事堂
    ぎじどう Diet building

    家屋
    かおく house; building

    館内
    かんない in the building

    校舎
    こうしゃ school building

    石材
    せきざい (building) stone

    建材
    けんざい building material

    二階建て
    にかいだて two-storied building

    建造
    けんぞう building; construction

    架設
    かせつ construction; building

    楼閣
    ろうかく multistoried building

    社屋
    しゃおく company office building

    殿堂
    でんどう palace; palatial building

    廃虚
    はいきょ ruins; abandoned building

    本堂
    ほんどう main temple building; nave

    庁舎
    ちょうしゃ government office building

    宅地
    たくち building lot; residential land

    新築
    しんちく new building; new construction
    ビル 1: (Abbreviation) building;
    2: bill

    別棟
    べつむね separate building; outbuilding; outhouse

    住宅
    じゅうたく residence; housing; residential building

    一堂
    いちどう one building (hall, temple, shrine, room)

    施工
    せこう execution (building contract); carrying out

    架橋
    かきょう 1: bridge building; bridge;
    2: cross-linking

    改築
    かいちく structural alteration of building; reconstruction

    建立
    こんりゅう (act of) building (temple, monument, etc.); erection

    本屋
    ほんや 1: bookstore; bookshop;
    2: publisher;
    3: main building


    どう 1: temple; shrine; hall;
    2: prefix to building meaning “magnificent”


    のき 1: eaves;
    2: narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building

    撤収
    てっしゅう withdrawal; evacuation (e.g. of soldiers); removal (e.g. of a building)

    展開
    てんかい 1: development; evolution; unfolding;
    2: expansion; deployment; building up


    とう 1: large building; ()
    2: counter for buildings, apartments, etc.

    アパート 1: (Abbreviation) apartment building; apartment block; apartment house;
    2: (Abbreviation) apartment

    橋渡し
    はしわたし bridge building; mediation; go-between; intermediary; (through the) good offices (of someone)

    大黒柱
    だいこくばしら 1: central pillar (of a building);
    2: mainstay (e.g. of an economy); backbone (e.g. of a family); provider; main man

    国会議事堂
    こっかいぎじどう national parliament or congress building (e.g. National Diet (Japan), Capitol Hill (US), Houses of Parliament (UK), etc.)

    回廊
    かいろう corridor; gallery; hallway; cloister (i.e. covered walk typically circling a building or garden, esp. in a palace or place of worship)

    炎上
    えんじょう 1: blazing up;
    2: destruction of a large building by fire;
    3: flood of comments to a blog, exceeding what the blog’s owner can answer


    かい 1: storey; story; floor;
    2: (Noun) stairs; ()
    3: stage (in chronostratigraphy); (ctr)
    4: counter for storeys and floors of a building

    作り
    つくり 1: making; producing; manufacturing; building; construction; make; structure;
    2: appearance (i.e. attire, make-up);
    3: build (i.e. physique);
    4: sashimi; (n-pref)
    5: forced (smile, etc.)

    構える
    かまえる 1: to set up (e.g. a building);
    2: to prepare in advance (e.g. a meal); to prepare to use something (e.g. a camera);
    3: to plan; to scheme;
    4: to fabricate in order to deceive;
    5: to stiffen; to become formal

    屋台
    やたい 1: cart (esp. a food cart); stall; stand;
    2: festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; dancing platform;
    3: stage prop fashioned after a large building;
    4: (Abbreviation) framework (of a house, etc.);
    5: (Archaism) house (esp. a small and miserable house)


    おもて 1: surface;
    2: face (i.e. the visible side of an object);
    3: front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. “head”) of a coin;
    4: outside; exterior;
    5: appearance;
    6: public;
    7: first half (of an innings); top (of an inning);
    8: cover (for tatami mats, etc.);
    9: (Computer terminology) foreground

    掛ける
    かける 1: to hang (e.g. picture); to hoist (e.g. sail); to raise (e.g. flag);
    2: to sit; ()
    3: to be partway (verb); to begin (but not complete);
    4: to take (time, money); to expend (money, time, etc.);
    5: to make (a call);
    6: to multiply;
    7: to secure (e.g. lock);
    8: to put on (glasses, etc.);
    9: to cover;
    10: to burden someone;
    11: to apply (insurance);
    12: to turn on (an engine, etc.); to set (a dial, an alarm clock, etc.);
    13: to put an effect (spell, anaesthetic, etc.) on;
    14: to hold an emotion for (pity, hope, etc.);
    15: to bind;
    16: to pour (or sprinkle, spray, etc.) onto;
    17: to argue (in court); to deliberate (in a meeting); to present (e.g. idea to a conference, etc.);
    18: to increase further;
    19: to catch (in a trap, etc.);
    20: to set atop;
    21: to erect (a makeshift building);
    22: to hold (a play, festival, etc.); (Auxillary verb)
    23: (after -masu stem of verb) indicates (verb) is being directed to (someone)

    #13852

    jkl
    Member

    You can search for a list of kanji with the word “build” in the list of meanings over on jisho.org.

    http://jisho.org/kanji?rt=jap&reading=&mt=en&meaning=build&ct=strokes&code=&jy_only=on

    Then for each one that looks interesting, you can search for words that use that kanji using the little “words” link in its row.

    Another way of going about this is to search for the word “build” in an English-Japanese dictionary.

    http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/leaf/ej3/11794/m0u/build/

    That will tell you how to say things like “build a house” and “build a fire.”

    #13853

    Kaona
    Member

    I usually like to read everything in detail (except missing’s long chat conversations with his friend tosh) but NO WAY am I wasting time reading that long long list budonoseito has comprehended.

    Nice list, though! VERY HELPFUL, it seems.

    #13855

    SinisterT
    Member

    Yes Bud, I really appreciate it man.

    :D

    Also, I didn’t mean to sound like I didn’t apprieciate your help.

    Thanks so much. :D

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