How to say "construction" in Japanese

• 建設けんせつJLPT N3approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbConstruction as the activity or industry of building — roads, bridges, buildings, and other projects; it can also mean establishment. The usual choice when 'construction' means building work.
  その金かねは体育館たいいくかんの建設けんせつに当あてられた。↗

  The money was appropriated for building the gymnasium.
• 建築けんちくJLPT N3approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbConstruction or architecture of buildings — houses, offices, and the like — covering both the act of building and the field of architecture; not the word for roads, bridges, or other civil-engineering work.
  彼かれらは家いえの建築けんちくにとりかかった。↗

  They set about building a house.
• 構築こうちくCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbBuilding, putting up, or erecting something, with a nuance of assembling parts into a working whole; typical contexts include constructing systems and frameworks rather than physical building work.
  我々われわれは他人たにんとの関係かんけいを構築こうちくし、維持いじしていく。↗

  We build and maintain relationships with others.
• 構造こうぞうJLPT N2approx.Common
  nounPoints to the structure or makeup of something — how its parts fit together — rather than to building work; 'construction' here names a thing's internal arrangement, not the act of constructing.
  この増加ぞうかに加くわえて、世界せかいの経済けいざい構造こうぞうの変化へんかがあった。↗

  Along with this increase, there has been a change in the world's economic organization.
• 構成こうせいJLPT N3approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verb'Construction' as composition or formation: how parts or elements are put together to make up a whole, as in the makeup of a group or a piece of writing; not physical building.
  我々われわれのヨットクラブは１０人にんのメンバーで構成こうせいされている。↗

  Our yacht club has ten members.

Use 建設 for building projects and the construction industry, 建築 for buildings and architecture, 構築 for putting systems and frameworks together, while 構造 and 構成 name a thing's structure or composition rather than the act of building.

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• 建設けんせつconstruction
• 建築けんちくconstruction
• 構築こうちくconstruction
• 構造こうぞうstructure
• 構成こうせいcomposition
• 仕組みしくみstructure
• 施工せこうconstruction
• 組み立てくみたてconstruction
• 建造けんぞうbuilding
• 設営せつえいsetting up (a structure, building, camp, etc.)
• 敷設ふせつlaying (a railroad, pipes, naval mines, etc.)
• 新造しんぞうconstruction
• 築造ちくぞうconstruction
• 架設かせつconstruction
• 造営ぞうえいbuilding (a temple, palace, etc.)
• 作りつくりmaking
• 解釈かいしゃくinterpretation
• 構えかまえstructure
• コンストラクションconstruction
• 普請ふしんbuilding
• 営造えいぞうbuilding
• 作り方つくりかたstyle of building
• 創生そうせいcreation
• 組織そしきstructure
• 工作こうさくwork
• 作図さくずconstruction
• 工作物こうさくぶつ(a) construction
• 結構けっこうstructure