Almost all major office buildings
have names. The word for "building" in
Japanese is "birudingu," originally coming from
English. As it is quite a long set of sounds for Japanese,
in modern use it has become just "biru." (pronounced "be-ru" (NOTE:
This is not to be confused with another foreign loan word, "beer" which
is pronounced "beee-roo", with a lengthened "e" sound.)
A building is almost always written in
postal addresses, however, it is on a separate line such
as:
Mori Building 3F
2-3-4 Akasaka
It is never included as part of the numeric
address such as (incorrectly) :
2-3-4 Akasaka Mori Building 3F
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