どう
Meanings
Noun
Suffix
1. temple; shrine; chapel
This is a really old temple, isn't it?
2. hall
There's a large memorial hall in the park.
Suffix
3. company
suffix used in company names, store names, etc.
What was the name again? It was something-dō, right?
Archaic
Noun
Suffix
4. front room
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (77 in total)
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
empty; hollow; bare; main hall of a temple (often vast and empty)
enshrinement hall (of a buddha); temple; cathedral (esp. Catholic)
one building (hall, temple, shrine, room); same room; same place; same building
edifice; temple; hall
main hall (of a Buddhist temple); main temple
auditorium; lecture hall
palace; hall; shrine; temple; hall of fame
chapel; building used for worship (in front of the main hall of a Buddhist temple)
dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; restaurant; eatery; snack bar
wayside shrine
temple building enshrining a statue of Buddha; Buddhist shrine
assembly hall; parliament house; diet building; capitol; houses of parliament; congress hall
home; mother
outer roofed structure for protecting cultural assets and historic sites
(Confucian) temple; church; sanctuary
chapel; building used for worship (in front of the main hall of a Buddhist temple)
to become an expert; to be a master (of)
church; chapel; synagogue; tabernacle
heaven; paradise
concert hall
church; cathedral; chapel
temple dedicated to Kannon
on the roof; court nobles
main temple building
ossuary; crypt; charnel house
town hall; public hall
mausoleum; imperial court
temple hall with a Kshitigarbha (Jizō) image
hexagonal building
you; your beautiful home
temple; temple buildings
belfry; bell tower
temple hall containing an enshrined image of Amitabha
the whole audience
hall or room where a private Buddha statue or ancestor tablets are kept
noh theatre; noh theater
temple keeper
(Catholic) church; cathedral
temple meditation hall or certain other temple structures
thatched hut; monks cell; (my) humble abode
sutra library
Junkudo (bookstore chain)
reception compound; part of the palace where important ceremonies were held
kagura hall (at a shrine)
complete seven-structured temple compound
temple hall dedicated to Yama
hall with an enshrined statue of Kobo Daishi (at a Shingon temple)
baptistery; baptistry
zendo (Zen meditation hall)
lecture hall of a temple (esp. Zen)
mortuary chapel
shrine building where votive picture tablets are hung
dining hall (at a temple)
visiting a shrine; visiting a home
temple hall commemorating its founding or its founder
your family; your mother
Ito-Yokado (retail chain)
large and small buildings, esp. shrines and temples
belfry; bell tower; campanile
separate building
outer roofed structure for protecting cultural assets and historic sites
outer roofed structure for protecting cultural assets and historic sites
Buddhist sermon hall
charnel house; ossuary
small building used for worship or sutra chanting (located in front of the main hall of a Buddhist temple)
Kyoto Prefectural Insho-domoto Museum of Fire Arts
Sanseido (publisher)
Shiseido (Japanese cosmetics firm)
Shinseido (Japanese book, music and sporting goods retail chain)
Murakami Corporation
Oishi Tengudo (karuta maker); Ohishi Tengudo
Matsui Tengudo (karuta maker)
Examples (6 in total)
The meeting hall was closed.
This is a really old temple, isn't it?
This temple brings back memories.