前ぜん廊ろう

noun

porch; portico; colonnaded entranceway

Refers to a covered entrance area with columns, often in traditional or classical architecture. The term is somewhat formal and technical.

• その寺じ院いんの前ぜん廊ろうには美うつくしい柱はしらが並ならんでいる。

  Beautiful columns line the porch of that temple.

• 前ぜん廊ろうで靴くつを脱ぬいでから本ほん堂どうに入はいった。

  We took off our shoes in the portico before entering the main hall.