Moto 堂: Public Chamber; HallKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- ドウ
- Level
- JLPT N4Jōyō, grade 5
- Words
- 105 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (ドウ)
- 食堂しょくどうdining room; dining hall
- 講堂こうどうauditorium; lecture hall
- 一堂いちどうone building (hall, temple, shrine, room)
- 公会堂こうかいどうtown hall; public hall
- 会堂かいどうchurch; chapel
- 堂どうtemple; shrine
- 殿堂でんどうpalace; hall
- 聖堂せいどう(Confucian) temple; church
- 議事堂ぎじどうassembly hall; parliament house
- 国会議事堂こっかいぎじどうnational parliament or congress building (e.g. National Diet Building (Japan), United States Capitol (USA), Houses of Parliament (UK), etc.)
- 本堂ほんどうmain temple building; nave
- 僧堂そうどうtemple meditation hall or certain other temple structures
- 経堂きょうどうsutra library
- 辻堂つじどうwayside shrine
- 金堂こんどうmain temple structure (sanctuary, hall)
- ユダヤ教会堂ユダヤきょうかいどうsynagogue
- 一堂に会するいちどうにかいするto assemble (in a hall); to meet together (in a room)
- 七堂伽藍しちどうがらんcomplete seven-structured temple compound
- 中堂ちゅうどうmain temple building
- 仏堂ぶつどうBuddhist temple
- 令堂れいどうhome; mother
- 位牌堂いはいどうmortuary chapel
- 六角堂ろっかくどうhexagonal building
- 別堂べつどうseparate building
- 北堂ほくどうnorthern pavilion of a house
- 参堂さんどうvisiting a home or a shrine
- 司教座聖堂しきょうざせいどうcathedral
- 地蔵堂じぞうどうtemple hall with a Kshitigarbha (Jizo) image
- 堂にいるどうにいるto become an expert; to be master at
- 堂に入るどうにいるto become an expert; to be master at
- 堂上どうじょうon the roof; court nobles
- 堂堂どうどうmagnificent; grand
- 堂堂巡りどうどうめぐりgoing around in circles
- 堂塔どうとうtemple; temple buildings
- 堂塔伽藍どうとうがらんreligious buildings (temples, shrines, pagodas, etc.)
- 堂奥どうおうsecret knowledge; interior of a temple
- 堂宇どううedifice; temple
- 堂守どうもりtemple keeper
- 堂舎どうしゃlarge and small buildings, esp. shrines and temples
- 堂鳩どうばとdomestic pigeon
- 大師堂だいしどうhall with an enshrined statue of Kobo Daishi (at a Shingon temple)
- 大聖堂だいせいどうcathedral
- 大衆食堂たいしゅうしょくどうcheap restaurant; eating place (house)
- 天主堂てんしゅどう(Catholic) church; cathedral
- 天堂てんどうheaven; paradise
- 威風堂堂いふうどうどうbeing majestic; with great pomp and circumstance
- 子ども食堂こどもしょくどうKodomo Shokudō; project to provide free or inexpensive meals to impoverished Japanese children
- 学生食堂がくせいしょくどうschool cafeteria
- 尊堂そんどうyour family; your mother
- 居間兼食堂いまけんしょくどうliving room-cum-dining room
- 庫堂くどうtemple kitchen
- 廟堂びょうどうmausoleum
- 御堂みどうenshrinement hall (of a buddha); temple
- 持佛堂じぶつどうhall or room where a private Buddha statue or ancestor tablets are kept
Other readings
- 堂々どうどうmagnificent; grand
- 堂々巡りどうどうめぐりgoing around in circles
- 会堂司かいどうづかさruler of a synagogue
- 堂々回りどうどうめぐりgoing around in circles
- 堂堂回りどうどうめぐりgoing around in circles
- 威風堂々いふうどうどうbeing majestic; with great pomp and circumstance
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