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ビルディング (birudingu) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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That building is 30 stories tall.
A new building was completed in front of the station.
Related words ビル is the everyday abbreviation of ビルディング, used far more often in casual speech, while ビルディング sounds more formal or written.
建物 is the general native word for any building, from small houses to skyscrapers, while ビルディング specifically evokes a large, modern, multi-story structure.
Word family team building
capacity building
building automation
Written forms ビルディング Usage 95%
Standard katakana spelling for the English loanword 'building', referring to a large multi-story structure.
ビルヂング Usage 5%
Older spelling using ヂ; rarely seen in modern usage. Included for recognition of historical texts.
Etymology Borrowed from English 'building'. The spelling ビルヂング reflects an older kana usage where ヂ represented the 'di' sound, now standardized to ディ.
