How to say "gallery" in Japanese

• ギャラリーCommon
  nounCovers the sense of a room or building where paintings and other artworks are shown — the word you want for an art gallery. Its 'corridor' sense is marginal; for a passageway, use 回廊.
• 回廊かいろうCommon
  nounCovers the architectural sense of 'gallery': a covered corridor or walkway, typically one circling a building or garden, as in a palace or temple. It never means an art-exhibition space; for that, use ギャラリー.

Use 「ギャラリー」 for an art gallery — a place where artworks are displayed — and 回廊 for the architectural sense of a long covered walkway, especially one circling a palace, temple, or garden.

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• ギャラリーgallery
• 回廊かいろうcorridor
• 大向こうおおむこうgallery (of a theatre)
• 天井桟敷てんじょうさじきgallery (in a theatre)
• 陳列棟ちんれつとうgallery
• ガレリーgallery
• 歩廊ほろうcorridor
• 傍聴人ぼうちょうにんobserver
• 傍聴者ぼうちょうしゃobserver
• 坑道こうどうtunnel
• 間歩まぶtunnel
• 追い込みおいこみgallery (in a theatre)