Rotunda

Japanese: rotunda
Rotunda

…Many of them have dome-shaped ceilings or roofs. They are also called rotondes (French) or rotundas (English). Circular spaces are deeply connected to people's views of the universe and life and death, and have been used since ancient times as forms of tombs and temples. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "rotunda" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…多くはドーム状の天井や屋根をもつ。ロトンドrotonde(フランス語),ロタンダrotunda(英語)ともいう。円形の空間は人々の宇宙観,生死観と深い関連をもち,古くから墳墓や神殿の形態として用いられた。…

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