堂

Meaning

堂 centers on a large, dignified indoor space: a public chamber or hall where people gather.

• 堂どう

  temple; shrine; chapel

• 食堂しょくどう
  N5

  dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; canteen; messroom

• 堂々どうどう
  N1

  magnificent; grand; impressive; dignified; majestic; imposing; stately

• 任天堂にんてんどう

  Nintendo

• 聖堂せいどう

  (Confucian) temple; church; sanctuary

• 殿堂でんどう

  palace; hall

• 議事堂ぎじどう
  N1

  assembly hall; parliament house; diet building; capitol; houses of parliament; congress hall

• 資生堂しせいどう

  Shiseido (Japanese cosmetics firm)

• 本堂ほんどう

  main hall (of a Buddhist temple); main temple

• 正々堂々せいせいどうどう

  fair and square; open and aboveboard; bold and forthright

• 公会堂こうかいどう

  town hall; public hall

• 講堂こうどう
  N4

  auditorium; lecture hall

• 御堂みどう

  enshrinement hall (of a buddha); temple

• 一堂いちどう

  one building (hall, temple, shrine, room)

• 三省堂さんせいどう

  Sanseido (publisher)

• 経堂きょうどう

  sutra library

• 天堂てんどう

  heaven; paradise

• 辻堂つじどう

  wayside shrine

• 堂上どうじょう

  on the roof; court nobles

• 観音堂かんのんどう

  temple dedicated to Kannon

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