Usage patterns 〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 に 建けん 築ちく 物ぶつ を 建た てる to erect a building in a place
There is a plan to erect a new building on this land.
建けん 築ちく 物ぶつ を 取と り 壊こわ す to demolish a building
It was decided that the deteriorated building would be demolished.
建けん 築ちく 物ぶつ が 倒とう 壊かい する for a building to collapse
Many buildings collapsed in the earthquake.
建けん 築ちく 物ぶつ の 高たか さを 規き 制せい する to regulate the height of buildings
The city regulates the height of buildings in this district.
Kanji 築 fabricate, build, construct Related words 建物 is the everyday, conversational word for a building, while 建築物 is the more formal or technical term used in legal and administrative contexts.
建造物 can cover a broader range of constructed structures (not just ordinary buildings) and shares the same formal, technical register as 建築物 .
Don't confuse with 建築 refers to the act or field of building/architecture, whereas 建築物 refers to the finished building itself, so learners often mix up the process and the result.
建築物 is the legal/technical term for a building under building codes (建築基準法 ), whereas 建造物 is broader and can cover non-building structures like bridges, dams, or monuments.
Word family medium-rise building
wooden building; timber building
fireproof building; fire-resistant building
high-rise building; tall building; multi-storied building
existing nonconforming building
Etymology Sino-Japanese compound from 建築 , "architecture; construction," plus 物 , "thing; object," giving the sense of a constructed architectural object or building.
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