- 建物【たてもの】 - building 
- 建設【けんせつ】 - construction, establishment 
- 建てる【たてる】 - to build, to construct 
- 建築【けんちく】 - construction, architecture (of buildings) 
- 再建【さいけん】 - rebuilding, reconstruction, rehabilitation, protoform reconstruction 
- 建築家【けんちくか】 - architect 
- 建前【たてまえ】 - face, official stance, public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts), ceremony for the erection of the framework of a house 
- 建つ【たつ】 - to be erected, to be built 
- 封建的【ほうけんてき】 - feudal, feudalistic 
- 建設省【けんせつしょう】 - Ministry of Construction 
- 二階建て【にかいだて】 - two-storied building 
- 建国【けんこく】 - founding of a nation 
- 建造物【けんぞうぶつ】 - structure, building 
- 建設的【けんせつてき】 - constructive 
- 一戸建て【いっこだて】 - detached house, stand-alone house, single-family home 
- 建材【けんざい】 - building material 
- 建造【けんぞう】 - building, construction 
- 再建【さいこん】 - (temple or shrine) rebuilding 
- 土建屋【どけんや】 - general (civil engineering and construction) contractor 
- 建立【こんりゅう】 - (act of) building (temple, monument, etc.), erection