廊下

Pattern visualization

Examples

1. 廊下を走らないでください。▶ —
   Please don't run in the hallway.
2. 廊下の窓から景色が見えます。▶ —
   You can see the view from the hallway window.

Collocations

Mnemonic

Rouka (廊下) is the Sino-Japanese "hallway / corridor" — 廊 (long corridor / cloister) + 下 (under / inside) = "lower part of a long passage." Standard vocabulary across Japanese homes, schools, hospitals, offices. Rouka wo hashiranai (no running in the hallway) is a classic school safety phrase. Compare: tsuuro (aisle, on planes, in shops, libraries), genkan (entrance, Japan's unique shoes-off vestibule), hooru (hall, loanword for hotel lobbies / large spaces). In traditional Japanese houses, rouka connects tatami rooms — narrow and dim; modern apartments offer wider, brighter corridors. Metaphor: rouka no you na kankei (a hallway-like relationship = distant relationship) — limited usage. Korean "bok-do / tong-ro / hyeon-gwan" parallels plus Japan's unique genkan layer.

Quick check

1. Japan's distinctive shoes-off entrance?

   • Genkan
   • Rouka — hallway
   • Tsuuro — aisle
   • Hooru — hall