がらんどう

伽 藍 堂

  1. nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no', adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    empty, hollow, bare, vacant, deserted
    word usually written using kana alone

  2. noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    main hall of a temple (often vast and empty)
    orig. meaning