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
- 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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