踊り場

Japanese

Kanji in this term
踊 場
おど
Grade: S		 ば
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 踊り (odori, “dancing”, stem of verb 踊る (​odoru), “to dance”) +‎ 場 (ba, “place”).

Pronunciation

Noun

踊り場 (hiragana おどりば, rōmaji odoriba)

  1. an area for dancing
  2. a landing (an in-between platform such as that of a staircase)

References

  1. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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