外そと廊ろう下か

noun

exterior hallway; open-air corridor

Refers to an outdoor hallway, typically along the outside of an apartment building, providing access to individual units. Common in Japanese multi-family housing.

• このアパートは外そと廊ろう下かなので、雨あめの日ひは少すこし濡ぬれます。

  This apartment has an exterior hallway, so you get a little wet on rainy days.

• 外そと廊ろう下かから各かく部屋へやに入はいるタイプの集しゅう合ごう住じゅう宅たくです。

  It's a type of apartment building where you enter each unit from an open-air corridor.