とう
Meanings
Noun
Suffix
1. tower; steeple; spire
Noun
Abbreviation
2. stupa; pagoda; dagoba
original meaning
Kanji used
tower
Pitch accent
Top 3700
Used in vocabulary (50 in total)
control tower; conning tower; leader; commander; playmaker; game maker
billboard; advertising sign
Tower of Babel
stone tower; stone pagoda; tombstone; gravestone
five-storied pagoda
rooftop structure, e.g. tower, elevator machine room, etc.
rooftop structure, e.g. tower, elevator machine room, etc.
pyramid; monumental work; landmark achievement
round tower
temple; temple buildings
five-part gravestone representing earth, water, fire, wind and heaven
leaning tower
intake tower; outlet tower
monument to the faithful who died in battle
tall building
five-story pagoda
giant stride (e.g. in amusement park)
oval tombstone
Tower of Hanoi (puzzle)
spire; steeple; pinnacle; minaret
many-tiered tower; pagoda
distillation column; distilling column
rectifying tower; rectifying column
fractionating column
superficial velocity; superficial flow velocity
many-tiered tower; pagoda
war-memorial monument
(memorial) monument
Examples (27 in total)
That's a tower.
The tower is going to collapse.
We saw the tower in the distance.