ビルディング

ビルディング · birudeィngu · JLPT N2 · noun

building

🏢 Loanword that sounds like build-ing, spoken with Japanese vowels: bi-ru-di-n-gu

Ordinary speech usually shortens this to ビル (biru) for tall office or apartment blocks. The full ビルディング keeps the English 'building' sound, with a short 'ding' tail.

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