passage

Japanese: passage
passage

…In the 19th century, with the industrial production of steel and plate glass, shopping streets with high glass roofs appeared. These spaces, which were also a kind of social gathering place, were called arcades (galleria in Italy, passage in France) because the colonnades surrounding the squares once played a similar role, although they had no relation to arches. Today, covered shopping streets are called arcades because of this. …

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Japanese:

…19世紀になり,鉄材と板ガラスの工業生産が開始されると,高いガラス屋根を架けた通り抜けの商店街が出現する。一種の社交場でもあるこの空間は,アーチと無関係ではあるが,広場をめぐる柱廊がかつて同様の役割を果たしていたことから同じくアーケード(イタリアではガレリアgalleria,フランスでパサージュpassage)と呼ばれた。今日,屋根付きの商店街をアーケードと呼ぶのはこれに由来する。…

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