Word | Reading | Meaning |
食堂 | しょくどう | dining room, dining hall, cafeteria, messroom; restaurant, eatery, snack bar, diner |
堂 | どう | temple, shrine, hall; prefix to building meaning "magnificent" |
講堂 | こうどう | auditorium |
堂々 | どうどう | magnificent, grand, impressive, dignified, majestic, imposing, stately; fair, square, open; grandly, boldly, confidently; fairly, squarely; unreservedly, without apology, without hesitation |
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, synagogue, tabernacle |
任天堂 | にんてんどう | Nintendo (video game company) |
聖堂 | せいどう | (Confucian) temple, church, sanctuary |
殿堂 | でんどう | palace, palatial building |