建物|たてものtatemono[2]nakadaka (mid-high)

1. nounbuilding
   あそこの建物たてものが燃もえているに違ちがいない。↗

   That building must be on fire.

• Synonym建造物けんぞうぶつWrittenWritten/formal term for buildings plus other constructed structures such as bridges and towers; common in laws and cultural-property contexts.
• Synonym建築物けんちくぶつWrittenWritten/formal and legal term for a building with a roof and pillars or walls, as in 「建築物の高さ制限」.
• Synonym家屋かおくWrittenWritten/formal word for houses, mainly dwellings but also factories and warehouses as a group; used in tax and disaster statistics, as in 「家屋の倒壊」.
• Synonym堂宇どううWrittenWritten/formal term for halls and temple buildings, especially temple halls, as in 「堂宇を構える」.
• Synonym屋舎おくしゃWrittenWritten/formal word for buildings such as houses and school buildings; very rare — in everyday speech just say 「建物」.
• Synonym建ち家たちいえWrittenOld-fashioned word for a house standing at present; essentially no longer used in modern Japanese.
• Related構築物こうちくぶつWrittenWritten/formal legal and accounting term for structures that are not buildings, such as walls, fences and advertising towers.
• RelatedストラクチャWrittenLoanword meaning structure or organization; a technical term, not an everyday way to say building.

Use 「建物」 for buildings in everyday speech. In legal or official writing pick 「建築物」 or 「建造物」 (the latter covers bridges and towers too), 「家屋」 for housing statistics, 「構築物」 for non-building structures, and 「堂宇」 for temple halls; the rest are rare.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. 人ひとが住すんだり、仕事しごとをしたり、物ものを入いれるために、木き、石いし、金属きんぞく、土つちなどでつくられ、屋根やね及および柱はしら又または壁かべを有ゆうするもの。
2. 埴輪はにわ。特とくに、そのうち円筒状えんとうじょうのものを除のぞいたもの。