建築|けんちくkenchiku[0]heiban (flat)

1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbconstruction; architecture (of buildings)
   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.

• Synonym建立こんりゅうWrittenRead 「こんりゅう」. Used mainly for erecting temples and pagodas, also monuments as in 「記念碑を建立する」; 「建築」 covers building in general.
• Synonym建設けんせつNeutralConstruction of roads, dams and buildings (「ダム建設」「住宅建設」); takes a wider range of objects than 「建築」 and is not limited to buildings, and can also be abstract.
• Synonym構築こうちくWrittenWritten style. Builds systems and relationships (「システムを構築する」) and today is mostly abstract; 「建築」 is for putting up buildings.
• Synonym建造けんぞうNeutralFor building structures or ships (「船を建造する」); stresses producing a physical thing and leans formal.
• Synonym築造ちくぞうWrittenWritten word for building large, solid structures such as dams and castle walls.
• Synonym造営ぞうえいWrittenWritten word for erecting shrines, temples, palaces and even ancient tombs (「社殿の造営」「古墳の造営」).
• Synonym建てるたてるNeutralThe everyday verb for building a house (「家を建てる」) and the most common choice in speech; 「建築」 sounds formal and technical.
• Synonym築くきずくNeutralBuilds walls and embankments, and figuratively builds status or relationships (「信頼を築く」).
• Synonym築き上げるきずきあげるWrittenWritten style. Means building solidly to completion, often figuratively for steadily building a career or reputation (「財産を築き上げる」).
• Synonym建築学けんちくがくWrittenWritten word for architecture as an academic field only; 「建築」 itself can also name the discipline.
• SynonymアーキテクチャCasualLoanword used mostly for computer system architecture; rarely for buildings or architectural styles.
• Synonym建造物けんぞうぶつWrittenWritten word for man-made structures such as buildings, bridges and towers; broader in range than 「建物」.
• Synonym営造えいぞうWrittenRare written term for building houses, roads and the like; in everyday speech use 「建設」 or 「建築」.
• Synonym造立ぞうりゅうWrittenRare written word for building temples, Buddhist statues and stone pagodas; even rarer than 「建立」.
• Synonym造設ぞうせつWrittenRare written word for establishing facilities, also used in medicine for creating a stoma; everyday speech says 「設置」.
• Related設営せつえいNeutralSetting up venues or camps (「テントを設営する」); the emphasis is on advance preparation rather than construction itself.
• Related組み立てるくみたてるNeutralAssembles parts (「家具を組み立てる」) and is also used for composing texts; 「建築」 is about putting up buildings.
• Related組み上げるくみあげるNeutralAssembles things or stacks them up layer by layer (「足場を組み上げる」); the point is completing the assembly.
• Related建物たてものNeutralRefers to the building itself (「古い建物」) and is common in speech; 「建築」 usually names the act of building or the field of architecture.
• Related建築物けんちくぶつWrittenLegal and technical term for a building (「建築物の高さ制限」); more formal than 「建物」.
• Related営造物えいぞうぶつWrittenLegal term for structures and facilities built on land, often public ones; everyday speech uses 「施設」 or 「建物」.
• Antonym解体かいたいNeutralDemolition of buildings or break-up of organizations (「ビルの解体」); the opposite of the building that 「建築」 names.
• Antonym破壊はかいNeutralDestruction, as in 「環境破壊」; stands opposite to 「建築」 as destroying versus building.

For putting up buildings, 「建築」 is the standard word; in everyday speech say 「家を建てる」 with 「建てる」, and call the building itself 「建物」. Use 「建設」 for roads and facilities, 「構築」 for building systems, and 「建立」 for temples and monuments; 「解体」 is the opposite, demolition. The rest are narrower or rarer: 「建造」 covers ships, 「設営」 is setting up venues, 「築造」 and 「造営」 are written terms for large or historic structures, and 「組み立てる」 is assembling parts.

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1. 人間にんげんがその内部ないぶ空間くうかんにおいて活動かつどうするための構造物こうぞうぶつを、計画けいかく、設計せっけい、施工しこうそして使用しようするに至いたるまでの行為こういの過程かてい全体ぜんたい、あるいは一部いちぶ。
2. 語義ごぎ1の行為こういによって作つくられた構造物こうぞうぶつ。建築物けんちくぶつ。