回かい廊ろう

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

Refers to a covered walkway, often surrounding a courtyard or garden, found in temples, palaces, or large buildings. Can also mean a simple indoor corridor or hallway.

寺じ院いんの回かい廊ろうを静しずかに歩あるいた。
I walked quietly along the temple's cloister.
美び術じゅつ館かんの回かい廊ろうには彫ちょう刻こくが並ならんでいる。
Sculptures are lined up in the museum's gallery.

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Usage patterns

〈場ば所しょ〉を回かい廊ろうが囲かこむfor a corridor/cloister to enclose a place
中なか庭にわを回かい廊ろうが囲かこんでいる。
A cloister encircles the courtyard.
回かい廊ろうを歩あるくto walk along a corridor/cloister
観かん光こう客きゃくが古ふるい寺てらの回かい廊ろうを歩あるいていた。
Tourists were walking along the old temple's cloister.
回かい廊ろうが続つづくfor a corridor/cloister to stretch on
宮きゅう殿でんの中なかには長ながい回かい廊ろうが続つづいていた。
Inside the palace, a long cloister stretched on.

Kanji

回-times, round, game
廊corridor, hall, tower
廻round, game, revolve

Related words

廊ろう下かN5
廊下 is the everyday word for a plain indoor corridor, while 回廊 suggests a covered, often architecturally notable walkway that encircles a courtyard or garden.
通つう路ろN3
通路 is a general passageway or aisle (e.g. in a train or theater), whereas 回廊 specifically evokes a covered, encircling gallery in temples or palaces.

Word family

人じん道どう回かい廊ろう
humanitarian corridor
回かい廊ろう地ち帯たい
corridor; land corridor

Written forms

回かい廊ろうUsage95%
Standard kanji spelling; high frequency in news and general use.
廻かい廊ろうUsage5%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form; 廻 is an older variant of 回.

Etymology

Compound of 回 (kai, 'to go around') and 廊 (rō, 'corridor'), referring to a corridor that encircles or connects spaces. The spelling 廻廊 uses the older variant 廻 for 回.