回廊・廻廊|かいろうkairou[0]heiban (flat)

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Which spelling to use
回廊回廊 is the more common form and the one learners should use; it denotes a corridor, gallery, hallway, or covered cloister.
廻廊廻廊 is a rarely used kanji variant of 回廊. Learners will seldom need to choose it and should normally use 回廊 instead.
Definitions
  1. nouncorridor; gallery; hallway; cloister (i.e. covered walk typically circling a building or garden, esp. in a palace or place of worship)
Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym廊下ろうかNeutralThe everyday word for a passage connecting rooms inside or outside a building; 「回廊」 specifically suggests a roofed gallery circling a building or courtyard.
  • Synonym歩廊ほろうWrittenA written/formal term for corridors and galleries, rare even in prose; leans toward passageways and platforms such as at stations.
  • Related縁側えんがわNeutralThe long wooden-floored strip along the outer edge of a Japanese house, facing the garden; 「回廊」 is a roofed gallery encircling a temple or palace courtyard.

Use 「回廊」 for a roofed gallery circling a courtyard or building, as in temples and palaces (「寺の回廊」). For an ordinary corridor say 「廊下」; for the wooden outer veranda of a Japanese house, 「縁側」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 建造物けんぞうぶつのまわりを囲かこむ廊下ろうか。
  2. 建造物けんぞうぶつと建造物けんぞうぶつとを結むすぶ屋根やねがある廊下ろうか。
  3. 廊下ろうかのように細長ほそながく突き出つきで、他者たしゃの土地とちに囲かこまれた土地とち。回廊かいろう地帯ちたい。
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