Refers to a corridor, hallway, or passageway in a building. Often used in compounds like 廊下 (ろうか).
There is a restroom at the end of the corridor.
art gallery; picture gallery
corridor; gallery; hallway; cloister
aisle (of a church)
porch; portico; colonnaded entranceway
being present in a gallery; attending one's own exhibition
small side buildings of a Zen temple gate
pillared corridor; colonnade
corridor; gallery; platform; passageway
transept
nave
corridor connecting annex to pond-side building (traditional palatial architecture)
corridor connecting an annex to a pond-side building (traditional palatial architecture)
The kanji 廊 originally referred to a roofed walkway or corridor in traditional architecture. The reading ろう is the on'yomi.