How to say "corridor" in Japanese

• 廊下ろうかJLPT N5approx.Common
  nounThe word for the ordinary corridor or hallway running through a building, as at school or in an office. It covers any indoor passage between rooms.
  「学園がくえんの廊下ろうかで、濃厚のうこうなキスシーン・・・聞きいたぞ聞きいたぞ」「濃厚のうこうじゃなーい！話はなしに尾おひれ付ついてるって・・・」↗

  "A passionate kiss scene in a school corridor ... I've heard all about it!" "It wasn't passionate! That's an exaggeration..."
• 回廊かいろうCommon
  nounA covered corridor or gallery, typically one circling a building or garden, especially in a palace; it also covers the sense 'cloister'. Think of grand architecture rather than an everyday indoor hallway.
• ギャラリーCommon
  nounChiefly the loanword for 'gallery' — an art gallery or exhibition space. Its 'corridor' sense is a long gallery-like passage, so it is seldom the word you want for an ordinary corridor.

Use 廊下 for an ordinary indoor corridor or hallway, 回廊 for a covered walkway or gallery circling a building or garden, as in a palace, and 「ギャラリー」 mainly for a gallery rather than a corridor.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• 廊下ろうかcorridor
• 回廊かいろうcorridor
• ギャラリーgallery
• 廊ろうcorridor
• 歩廊ほろうcorridor
• 回廊地帯かいろうちたいcorridor (belt of land)