| 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 |