建築物|けんちくぶつkenchikubutsu

1. nounbuilding; structure
   この建築物けんちくぶつは一般いっぱんに公開こうかいされていますか。↗

   Is this building open to the public?

• Synonym建物たてものNeutralThe everyday word for a building and the most common choice in speech, as in 「古い建物」; more colloquial than 「建築物」.
• Synonym建造物けんぞうぶつNeutralBroader than 「建築物」: it takes in bridges, towers and similar structures, and leans formal.
• Related建築けんちくNeutralConstruction or architecture as a field, with the focus on the act of building, as in 「建築家」.
• Related家屋かおくNeutralHouses, mainly dwellings, but also a general term taking in factories and warehouses; leans administrative, as in 「家屋の倒壊」.
• Related営造物えいぞうぶつWrittenWritten/formal prose. Buildings or facilities; in law it often means public facilities, as in 「営造物責任」, whereas 「建築物」 refers strictly to buildings.
• Related工作物こうさくぶつWrittenWritten/formal prose. A legal term for man-made structures, broad in scope and including enclosure walls.
• Related普請ふしんNeutralConstruction work on a house; old-fashioned, as in 「安普請」, and centered on the act of building.
• Related堂宇どううWrittenWritten/formal prose. Temple halls and buildings, used mostly of Buddhist temples, as in 「堂宇を建立する」.
• Related構築物こうちくぶつNeutralStructures with an engineering orientation, as in 「土木構築物」; includes structures that are not buildings.
• Related大建築だいけんちくNeutralGrand, monumental buildings such as cathedrals; stresses scale rather than the legal concept of 「建築物」.
• Related屋舎おくしゃWrittenWritten/formal prose. An old-fashioned, rarely used word for houses; say 「建物」 in daily speech.
• Related堂舎どうしゃWrittenWritten/formal prose. The halls and buildings of shrines and temples, with a religious focus; not used in everyday speech.
• Related建ち家たちいえNeutralAn old-fashioned, little-used word for a house; in everyday speech say 「家」 or 「建物」.

Use 「建築物」 in legal and formal contexts, as in 「建築物の高さ制限」. In everyday speech the default is 「建物」; when bridges, towers and the like are included, say 「建造物」. The rest: 「営造物」 and 「工作物」 are written legal terms; 「家屋」 leans administrative, 「構築物」 engineering; 「大建築」 is for grand monumental buildings; 「堂宇」 and 「堂舎」 cover temple and shrine halls; and 「普請」, 「屋舎」 and 「建ち家」 are old-fashioned.

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1. 人ひとが住すんだり、仕事しごとをしたり、ものを置おいたりするために、人間にんげんが造つくった構造物こうぞうぶつ。