構内(こうない)

こうない
noun
premises; grounds; inside a station
placebuilding
1. premises; grounds; (station) concourse
The area inside the boundary of a station, campus, factory or other facility.
構内(こうない)は禁煙(きんえん)です。
Smoking is prohibited on the premises.
We met inside the station.
Not only students but also people from the neighborhood come to walk on the university grounds.

Common collocations

  • 駅(えき)構内(こうない): inside the station
  • 構内(こうない)放送(ほうそう): public-address announcement (in a station or facility)
  • 構内図(こうないず): map of the station or premises
  • 構内(こうない)禁煙(きんえん): no smoking on the premises

Watch out

校内(こうない) (inside a school) sounds the same. 構内(こうない) is the grounds of any facility, a station above all.